Matthew Draper

The involvement of May Hayes and her husband James Deasy in the struggle for independence

Kerry Coombes

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

Joshua Williamson & Emily Williamson

John Barry an American soldier of World War 1 and his encounter with the Black and Tans

Donnchadh Keohane

The killing of the Coffey brothers of Desertserges

Clodagh O’Regan

Various stories from the Revolutionary Period including that of a safe house

Claire Scanlon

Thomas Scanlan and the raid on Carrigadrohid RIC Barracks in June 1920

Shauna O’Driscoll

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

Riona O’Driscoll

Great grandfather hides IRA man on the run in his potato garden from Black and Tans

Oisin Cooke

Great grandmother in Cumann na mBan & smuggled arms and messages; Great great grandfather’s shop burnt by ‘Tans

Lydia Dwyer

Great grandmother’s stories of life during the Troubles on the Skeames Islands

Kyle O’Sullivan

Great great grandparents forced to accommodate Black and Tans in house

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

Eoghan Cawley

Great great grandfather was a small farmer & never recovered after being beaten by Black and Tans

Edwin Collins

Story of local IRA man Neilus Connolly & Jasper Wolfe

Daniel Hurley

Great grandmother’s house raided by Black and Tans when she was a child

Bláthín Barry

IRA man accidentally shot by fellow soldier; Buried in Aughadown and reinterred later in the Abbey Skibbereen

Anna Hurley

‘Courageous Ancestor’ stopped Black & Tans taking her cart for roadblock;

Alannah Cawley

Johnny Linnane shot by in back ‘Tans by trying to escape

Aidan O’Dwyer

Ancestors in IRA in Offaly; ran a safehouse and fed Michael Collins on the run & Great great grandmother passed messages on bike