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

Jack Brew

‘The Black and Tan Medal’

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, 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

Lucy Deasy

Story of the West Cork Bottling Company

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

Kellie Pearce

Great grandfather’s life as a fisherman in Union Hall & artist Robert Ballagh’s connection to Union Hal

Kate Connolly

Granddad remembers U-boat sinking off Union Hall harbour in WW2 & some wrack came onshore afterwards

Kellie Daly

Great great great granfather was watchman for coastguards and had to mind bodies washed up inc. one headless corpse & later purchased coastguard station to live in

Jack Moloney

Great great grandfather involved in blowing up bridge near Skibbereen