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"Attack on Kilmurry Barracks" - Front Page of Cork Examiner 17/01/1920

Original copy of the front page Cork Examiner dated 17/01/1920 - 'Attack on Kilmurry Barracks' headline describing the failed raid on Kilmurry RIC Barracks by local IRA.

Tags: 1919-1921, Anglo-Irish War, Cork Examiner, Ireland, Irish War of Independence, Kilmurry, RIC, War of Independence

RIC Bayonet

Bayonet from Rosscarbery RIC Barracks.

Tags: 1919-1921, Anglo-Irish War, Ireland, Irish War of Independence, RIC, Rosscarbery, War of Independence

"Crossley Tender Wheel from Masseytown, Macroom"

Crossley Tender Wheel from Macroom.

Tags: 1919-1921, Anglo-Irish War, Auxiliaries, Ireland, Irish War of Independence, Macroom Castle, RIC, War of Independence

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