Tooreen ambush

Tooreen ambush
Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date22 October 1920
Location
Tooreen, County Cork, Ireland
51°47′16″N 8°36′34″W / 51.78778°N 8.60944°W / 51.78778; -8.60944
Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Irish Republic  United Kingdom
Commanders and leaders
Tom Barry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Lieut. William Alfred Dixon †
Strength
Irish Republican Army
(3rd Cork Brigade)		 British Army
(Essex Regiment)
Casualties and losses
none

3 killed
4 wounded
6 captured[1]

IRA sources:
5 killed
4 wounded
6 captured[2]

The Tooreen ambush (also known as the Toureen ambush or Ballinhassig ambush)[1][3] was an ambush carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 October 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place near Roberts Farm, Tooreen, near Ballinhassig in County Cork.[4] The IRA ambushed two lorries of British soldiers, killing three and wounding four others.[5] The British surrendered and their weapons and ammunition were seized by the IRA. Later that night, British soldiers went on a rampage in nearby Bandon.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Ballinhassig Ambush, 22 Oct 1920". cairogang.com. Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ Tom Barry: Guerrilla days in Ireland pg.63
  3. ^ a b "Reprisals (Police And Military) - HC Deb 27 October 1920 Vol 133". api.parliament.uk. UK Parliament (Hansard). Archived from the original on 23 July 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021. following the Ballinhassig ambush Further extensive damage was done [..] Mr. Joseph Brennan's private residence, Kilbrogan House, was then attacked by soldiers [..] They entered the bedroom of Shaun Brennan, who was an officer and fought in the late European War, and smashed some furniture [..] Joseph Brennan, the son of the owner of Kilbrogan House, is private secretary to Sir John Anderson, one of the Irish Under-Secretaries
  4. ^ "Toureen ambush". homepage.eircom.net. Archived from the original on 24 March 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2017.
  5. ^ O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press, pg 198-199.