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Category: IRA

Samuel Linehan

Great granduncle fundraised for IRA in America and Great grandfather a dispatch soldier in IRA

Róisín Curtin

Great grandfather helped to bring Terence MacSwiney’s body back to Cork

Meadhbh Kiely

Great grandfather in IRA at Toureen ambush, hid guns later used in Crossbarry Ambush

Mathew Kelleher

Great grandfather killed in WW1 & story of IRA man McEllistrim in Kerry

Kevin Dart O’Flynn

Multiple stories about two Great grandfathers’ time in IRA, Civil War, driving Dev on the day Collins shot & much more and Great grandaunt in Cuman na mBan

Éabha Murphy

Great grandparents hid wounded IRA man after Upton Ambush

Ciarán Brady

Great grandfather fought at Upton (after his breakfast)

Chloe McCarthy

Great granduncle in IRA, shot and wounded at Crossbarry Ambush

Anthony Slattery

Great grandfather and 3 brothers in IRA & ran safe house & hid guns

Áine O’Brien

Memories of the Revolutionary Period from an elderly neighbour

Yasmin Atalay

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

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