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Webley MK4 Service Revolver .38 (BNP)

On Sunday 22 August 1920, while leaving church, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) District Inspector Oswald Swanzy was shot and killed by members of the Cork No. 1 Brigade of the IRA. This would have not been a surprising incident in that it occurred…

Tags: 1919-1921, 1st Cork Brigade, Anglo-Irish War, Cork No.1 Brigade, District Inspector Oswald Swanzy, Ireland, Irish War of Independence, Lisburn, RIC, Séan Culhane, Tomás MacCurtain, War of Independence