- The
Soloheadbeg ambush took
place on 21
January 1919, when
members of the
Irish Volunteers (or
Irish Republican Army [IRA])
ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary...
-
Sologheadbeg or
Soloheadbeg (/ˌsɒləhədˈbɛɡ/; from
Irish Sulchóid Bheag, IPA:[ˈsˠʊləxoːdʲˈvʲaɡ]) is a
townland and
civil parish in
County Tipperary, Ireland...
-
planned what was to be the
first act of the
Irish War of Independence, the
Soloheadbeg Ambush. In the
early part of the war, four
members of the
brigade were...
- John Treacy, Seán
Allis Treacy came from a small-farming
background in
Soloheadbeg in west
County Tipperary and grew up in Hollyford. He was the son of...
- The shed was
commonly referred to as the "Tin Hut". The
planning for
Soloheadbeg ambush took
place at the "Tin Hut" and it was a
regular meeting place...
-
declared Irish independence. That day, two RIC
officers were
killed in the
Soloheadbeg ambush by IRA
volunteers acting on
their own initiative. The conflict...
-
gelignite to a
quarry in
Soloheadbeg,
County Tipperary. The two
policemen were shot dead
during the engagement,
known as the
Soloheadbeg ambush. This ambush...
- constables,
James McDonnell and
Patrick O'Connell, were
killed when the
Soloheadbeg Ambush was
carried out by a
group of
volunteers from the
Third Tipperary...
- (RIC)
escorting a
cartload of
gelignite were
killed in the
Tipperary Soloheadbeg Ambush,
carried out by
members of the 3rd
Tipperary Brigade of the Irish...
- the
Irish Republican Army
Irish Republican Police The
Squad Actions Soloheadbeg ambush Rescue at
Knocklong Listowel mutiny Rineen ambush Tooreen ambush...
