O’Neill, Tom.

The Battle of Clonmult – The IRA’s worst defeat.

Dublin, Nonsuch Press, 2006. 20 cm. 120 pages with 16 pages of plates. Softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear. Out-of-Print ! Very scarce !

The Clonmult ambush took place on 20 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers occupying a farmhouse in Clonmult, County Cork were surrounded by a force of British Army, Royal Irish Constabulary and Auxiliaries. In the action that followed, twelve IRA volunteers were killed, four wounded and four captured. A total of 22 people died in the ambush and subsequent executions – 14 IRA members, 2 Black and Tans and 6 suspected informers. (Wikipedia)

• Keywords: Battle of Clonmult · Catalogue Irish History Six – General Irish History · Catalogue Irish History Three – From Famine to Free State · Clonmult · Clonmult ambush · Collection Tadhg Ó Murchú (This is a book from his personal reference library) · Cork (Ireland : County) · County Cork · From the library of Tadgh Ó Murchu · History · History of the IRA (Irish Republican Army) · History, Military · IRA · Ireland · Irish History – Rare · War of Independence, 1919-1921
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9781845885540
• Inventory Number: 100670AB

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