Kilmichael ambush

Kilmichael ambush
Part of the Irish War of Independence

Monument at the ambush site
Date28 November 1920
Location
Near Kilmichael, County Cork
51°48′43″N 9°02′20″W / 51.812°N 9.039°W / 51.812; -9.039
Result IRA victory
Belligerents
Irish Republican Army
(West Cork Brigade)		 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Royal Irish Constabulary
(Auxiliary Division)
Commanders and leaders
Tom Barry United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Francis Crake †
Strength
36 volunteers 18 officers
Casualties and losses
3 killed 16 killed[1]
1 escaped then killed
1 wounded
Kilmichael ambush is located in Ireland
Kilmichael ambush
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Location within Ireland

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 sixteen 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 and marked an escalation in the IRA's campaign.[2]

  1. ^ a b "The Truth About the Boys of Kilmichael" Archived 2006-02-21 at the Wayback Machine, Sunday Business Post, 26 November 2000
  2. ^ Kostick, Conor (16 October 2020). "The Kilmichael Ambush". Independent Left. Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.