#OnThisDay 1921 Monaghan IRA lead by James Mulligan, attacked a twelve man patrol of Ulster Specials at Mullaghfad Cross near the Fermanagh/Monaghan border killing two Constables (Coulter & Hall) and wounding another.
#OnThisDay 1855 Lt Hugh Burgoyne, Royal Navy, from Dublin received the Victoria Cross during the Crimean War for landing in the face of superior enemy numbers, out of range of his ship’s guns & destroyed Russian food & ammo stores before returning to his ship.
#OnThisDay 1798 Major General Sir James Duff & Dublin Militia killed over 350 unarmed United Irishmen in the Curragh. The rebels had previously received amnesty from General Dundas & were waiting for him to take their surrender. Duff received a victory parade.
#OnThisDay 1920 The IRA attacked & set Kilmallock RIC barracks alight, killing two constables; Kane & Morton. Volunteer Liam Scully was shot in the neck &died soon after. Despite the blaze, the RIC refused to surrender the barracks. Below are the RIC survivors.
#OnThisDay 1892 Margaret Skinnider was born in Glasgow. Margaret, a maths teacher smuggled detonators & wires around her body to Dublin, was a sniper in the Rising (shot thrice), ran safe houses in WoI, was Paymaster General of the IRA during the Civil War&more
The Irish at War 