Eoin Hurley

Personal family account from Grandmother Nell Kelly of her memories of the Kilmichael Ambush as a witness from nearby house

Síofra Hegarty

Great grandfather and two brothers in IRA.

Orlaith O’Flynn Meade

Granduncle in IRA & arrested

Madison Sullivan

Local IRA-man Richard Barrett arrested & jailed but escaped, later executed

Emma Galvin

Two local men killed in reprisal for killing by IRA of ‘suspected spy’

Aoife Galvin

IRA man captured, tortured and murdered aged 23

Seán Finn

Black and Tan activities in the Clonakilty area

Mattie Coffey

Stories of the revolutionary period from the Beara Peninsula

Kerry Coombes

The story of Cumann na mBan member Anne Hayes and her siblings

Shauna O’Driscoll

Overview of Revolutionary Period & story of Schull man being captured and killed

Kate Hurley

Multiple stories from the Skibbereen/Lisheen area mentioning Neilus Connolly, accidental shootings, Pat McCarthy shooting and ‘Church of Ireland gentlemen shot dead’

John Hurley & James Hurley

Stories collected from local people about their ancestors’ involvement in the War of Independence

Lucy Copithorne & Daniel Copithone

An IRA prisoner’s letter home from Durham Jail in April 1921

Ellen O’Donovan

Stories including the Fastnet raid and a bank robbery case tried by a Sinn Féin court.

Suzie Murphy

Story about Upton Ambush

Sorcha Kiely

Vol. and Denis and Thomas Kiely & Toureen Anbush

Nicholas Curtin

Experiences of great grandfather as IRA volunteer

Niamh O’Sullivan

Family stories of the War of Independence

Louis O’Sullivan

Experiences of Great grandfather as IRA volunteer

Liam Fitzgerald

Family story of Arrest in Cork Jail