Four IRA Killed by Essex Reg at Crois na Leanbh, Cork 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Four IRA Volunteers were shot dead by soldiers of the Essex Regiment, after they were caught digging a trench across a road at Crois na Leanbh, Cork. Their bodies were left by the roadside.

Con McCarthy
John McGrath
Tim Connolly
Jer O’Neill

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