Yasmin Atalay

‘Tans shoot up Skibb pub and Great great grandfather evicted them & Story of IRA escape from Old Brothers’ School

Paddy French, Sarah McCarthy & Liadhain Hogan

Multiple stories from Union Hall during the War of Independence

Paddy French

Story of IRA man wrongly accused & young man who didn’t run from the ‘Tans

Liadhain Ní hÓgáin

Great great grandfather John McCarthy, active member of IRA, lots of stories of arrests, raids, ambushes, gun smuggling; met Collins on day he was shot and much more

Jack Moloney

Great great grandfather involved in blowing up bridge near Skibbereen

Donal O’Callaghan

Great great grandmother remembers ‘Tans checking list of house occupants & living in safe house where bread baked and ready for IRA who also drilled and made bombs in yard

Callum Moloney

Story of burning of Michael Collins’ homeplace told by a neighbour; Great great grandfather arrested and forced to dig own grave but later released

Fintan O’Brien

Execution of Captain Con Murphy IRA

Charlie Lannin

Family Stories of the War of Independence

Ronan Crowley

Great gran-uncle a runner for IRA and a scout at the Kilmichael Ambush, became a ‘crack shot’ in the Civil War but never spoke about that time afterwards

Rebecca Connolly

Great great grandfather Neilus Connolly; stories of his evading capture, his arrest & imprisonment

Lilly Heaton-Jones & Jessie Holmes

Great great granduncle delivered messages to safe houses; shot through back mouth in Bantry & died; buried in shallow grave & later moved

Leah Fitzgerald

Family tree: story of how girl left lights off as afraid of Black & Tans

Katie Scannell

Family stories about the Burning of Cork; Kilmichael Ambush aftermath; Hiding guns on farm; Spike Island prison & WW1

Kate Coppinger

Great great grandfather made a dummy bomb with tin bucket and fooled Black and Tans

Grace Gallagher

Great great grandfather in IRA; hid secret messages in shoe; blocked road for ambush

Claire Griffin

Man smuggles suit as disguise for Tom Barry & arrested; men hiding under potato stalks Rosscarbery before escaping; house raid stopped when Colonel Hudson recognised family photo as someone he knew from WW1

Amie O’Driscoll

GGfather was explosives expert; in charge of TNT used to widen roads

Aisling Collins

Cattle stolen from ‘Big Houses’ to fund IRA and sold in Dunmanway market

Shauna Walsh

Story about relatives and their experiences during the Irish War of Independence