#OTD in Irish History – 25 March:

25/03/2019.Reading time 15 minutes.

In the Liturgical calendar, today is the Feast day of the Annunciation to Our Lady. 1306 – Robert the Bruce becomes King of Scots. 1635 – A shower of hailstones, with stones as large as four inches in circumference, was reported in Castletown, Co Offaly – a hen was killed and a woman was injured. […]

#OTD in Irish History – 25 March:

25/03/2018.Reading time 15 minutes.

#OTD in Irish History – 25 March:

25/03/2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

1921 – Glenwood ambush: IRA in Clare, under Michael Brennan, ambushed an RIC lorry at Glenwood, between Sixmilebridge and Broadford.

20/01/2014.Reading time 13 minutes.

In mid January 1921 orders were sent to all six battalions of the Mid Clare Brigade asking all available I.R.A. Volunteers to assemble at Parkers house, Belvoir cross on the morning of the 20th of January. The officers of the Mid Clare Brigade had decided to attempt to ambush the R.I.C. patrol travelling from Broadford […]

Stair na hÉireann/History of Ireland

Tag: Sixmilebridge

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1921 – Glenwood ambush: IRA in Clare, under Michael Brennan, ambushed an RIC lorry at Glenwood, between Sixmilebridge and Broadford.

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