Sinéad O’Leary

‘English farmer’ forced to sell farm after informing on local IRA safe house & story of Neilus Connolly hiding in haystack

Conor Clifford

Great great grandfather in North Tipp first brigade during War of Independence

Great great grandfather’s house searched by Black and Tans

Great grandfather’s experiences in IRA in Dublin

Ancestors’ had safe house and bunker for guns (and poteen), house burnt by British

Great grandfather in IRA in Ballinadee

Great granduncle arrested after British Navy men attacked

Great grandfather & his 3 brothers in IRA and 3 great granduncles imprisoned

Great great granduncle in in IRA and fought in Battle of Kilmichael

Multiple stores about local IRA men killed in action including torture and killing by the Essex Regiment

Great great grandmother hides soldier in house from soldiers

IRA man hidden in ‘a Protestant House’ from army

Grandmother knew Dick Barrett who was executed during Civil War

Great great grandfather’s house a safe house, hid rebels up a chimney and in a chicken coop

List of events, deaths, safe houses & more in greater locality of Courtmacsherry during Revolutionary Period

Multiple stores of great granduncles and aunts involvement in War of Independence as IRA service men and Cumann na mBan

Grandfather found replica wooden gun in cow house, used for marching and training

Great great grandfather in IRA, arrested but released after hunger strike, went to New York & helped build Empire State Building

John Desmond on the life of IRA volunteer John Murphy at his commemoration in 2008

Local incidents during the War of Independence