Tourmakeady ambush
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Tourmakeady Ambush | |||||||
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Part of the Irish War of Independence | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Irish Republican Army (South Mayo Brigade) |
Royal Irish Constabulary (Black and Tans) | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Tom Maguire | Geoffrey Ibberson | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
60 volunteers |
600 British troops 120 Auxiliaries | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
1 killed 1 wounded |
4 killed 1 wounded |
The Tourmakeady Ambush or Battle of Tourmakeady occurred on 3 May 1921 during the Irish War of Independence. The South Mayo Brigade of the IRA, commanded by Commandant Tom Maguire ambushed an RIC/Black and Tan re-supply patrol in the village of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo in the west of Ireland in order to destroy the patrol and to cause the closure of Derrypark RIC Barracks, seven miles to the south. Following the ambush, the Flying Column took to the nearby Partry Mountains and was subsequently engaged by British troops from the Border Regiment.[1]
References[]
- ^ Donal Buckley, The Battle of Tourmakeady, 2008
Categories:
- Military actions and engagements during the Irish War of Independence
- 1921 in Ireland
- History of County Mayo
- Royal Irish Constabulary
- May 1921 events
- Ambushes