Kilbrittain Barracks attack

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Kilbrittain Barracks attack
Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date January 1921 Location Kilbrittain, County Cork Result IRA withdrawal
Belligerents
Irish Republican Army (Third West Cork Brigade)	Royal Irish Constabulary (Black and Tans)
Commanders and leaders
Tom Barry	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	None

The Kilbrittain Barracks attack refers to attempts made by members of the Third West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army to attack the barracks of the Black and Tans in Kilbrittain, County Cork during the Irish War of Independence.

Background[]

Towards the end of 1920, members of the Third West Cork Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) planned an attack on the barracks of the Black and Tans in Kilbrittain, County Cork. The barracks was fortified with steel shutters in place of windows and was surrounded by barbed wire entanglements. The means selected by the IRA volunteers, to take the barracks, was to plant a mine against a door or wall and then storm it immediately after the explosion.^{[citation needed]}

A "home-made" mine was made. It consisted of 30 pounds of gelignite and gun cotton encased in a wooden box. To detonate it, the volunteers had an electric detonator which was connected to an exploder by electric cable.^{[citation needed]}

Attempts[]

On the night of 31 December 1920, and again in mid-January 1921, two attempts were made on the barracks. On both occasions the mines failed to explode, and the attacks were aborted.^[1]

See also[]

• Chronology of the Irish War of Independence

References[]

External links[]

• Cork's War of Independence