Tag: The Siege of Tralee

#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee | Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2022.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee | Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee | Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee: Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2019.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee: Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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#OTD in 1920 – The Siege of Tralee: Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2017.Reading time 10 minutes.

“When the hills were bleedin’ And the rifles were aflame To the rebel homes of Kerry, The Saxon strangers came, But the men who dared the Auxies And fought the Black and Tan Were the Boys of Barr na Sráide Who hunted for the wren.” Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA […]

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1920 – The Siege of Tralee: Ten people die in a day and night of violence in Co Kerry.

31/10/2016.Reading time 9 minutes.

Two RIC constables were shot dead in Abbeydorney by IRA volunteers. Two more RIC men were killed and two more wounded in nearby Ballyduff. Black and Tans burned the creamery in Ballyduff in reprisal and shot and bayoneted a local man, James Houlahan. That night, two Black and Tans were shot dead by IRA volunteers […]

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