Tureengarriffe Ambush Kerry 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Sean Moylan & his IRA column ambushed RIC Divisional Commissioner Major-General P.A. Holmes at Tureengarriffe, Kerry. After a firefight, Moylan ensured the worst wounded RIC men were cared for, but despite this, Holmes died the next day in Cork.

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