Kilmichael Ambush
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Kilmichael Ambush
Part of the Irish War of Independence
Iarthair Chorcaí 185.jpg
Monument at the ambush site
Date 28 November 1920
Location
Near Kilmichael, County Cork
51.812°N 9.039°W
Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Flag of Ireland.svg Irish Republican Army
(West Cork Brigade) United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary
(Auxiliary Division)
Commanders and leaders
Flag of Ireland.svg Tom Barry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Francis Crake MC †
Strength
36 volunteers 1
8 officers
Casualties and losses
3 dead 17 dead, 1 wounded
Kilmichael Ambush is located in IrelandKilmichael Ambush
Location within Ireland
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Irish War of Independence
Timeline
SoloheadbegKnocklongHolywellSack of BalbrigganRineenTooreenBallinaleePiltown CrossSiege of TraleeBloody Sunday (Dublin)KilmichaelBurning of CorkKilbrittainPickardstownClonfinDromkeenUptonClonmultCoolavokigSheemoreClonbaninSelton HillBurgeryCrossbarryHeadfordScramogeTourmakeadyKilmeenaCustom HouseCarrowkennedyCoolacreaseBloody Sunday (Belfast)McMahon killingsArnon Street killingsDunmanway killings
The Kilmichael Ambush (Irish: Luíochán Chill Mhichíl) was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Thirty-six local IRA volunteers commanded by Tom Barry killed seventeen members of the Royal Irish Constabulary's Auxiliary Division.[1] The Kilmichael ambush was politically as well as militarily significant. It occurred one week after Bloody Sunday, marking an escalation in the IRA's campaign.[2]
