Rathmore NS – Page 2 – Skibbereen Heritage Centre

Great grandfather in IRA, involved in Crossbarry ambush & had lucky escape from grenade with pin still in

The burning of Cork

Story of the coffin stone on Heir Island

Great Grandfather as a little boy sitting on lap of ‘freedom fighter’ who was kidnapped and killed

Farming in the 1920s

Story of the WW2 ‘Eire’ signs & Spain Tower

Great Grandparents lives in Malaysia during Irish Revolutionary Period

Family stories about being raided and secret messages & providing cover for Tom Barry’s reconnaissance of Skibbereen RIC Barracks

Family relation IRA messenger shot in back aged 15 by Black and Tans