The Coolavokig Ambush 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 The IRA ambushed a military truck at Coolavokig, Cork. They killed the patrol commander, Capt Airy & fatally wounded another soldier. Though the driver was wounded & the fuel tank hit & leaking, he managed to get out of the ambush to safety.

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