Coolboreen/Biggs Ambush, Tipperary 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Sean Gaynor & the Tipperary IRA ambushed & killed DI Major Harry Biggs ‘A vicious type of Black and Tan’ & Miss Barrington who was wearing Biggs hat & was mistaken for Biggs. Across Ireland on 14 May 9 RIC & 8 Soldiers were killed in IRA attacks

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