War of Independence

 See Witness Statements of men and women involved in the War of Independence here

See also 'Rebels' and 'Robert Byrne' pages

• List of witness statements by Limerick people involved in the War of Independence

• RIC Consolidation in Limerick 1919-1921 by Tom Toomey, Old Limerick Journal vol. 42, Winter 2006

• A Limerick challenge to British tyranny, chapter 5 of ‘Limerick’s Fighting Story’ ed. By J. M. MacCarthy

• Extract from ‘A history of the Irish rebellion of 1916’ by W. B. Wells, 1916

• …capture of Ballylanders Barrack, extract from ‘With the IRA in the fight for freedom : 1919 to the truce’

• …the attack on Kilmallock Barrack, extract from ‘With the IRA in the fight for freedom : 1919 to the truce’

• Dromkeen ambush restored the morale…, extract from ‘With the IRA in the fight for freedom : 1919 to the truce’

• The Limerick Shootings [Richard O’Dwyer & Lena Johnson], Limerick Leader 6/2/1920

• The County Limerick ambush : nine policemen killed [the Dromkeen ambush], Limerick Chronicle 5/2/1921

• Extract from ‘The Revolution in Ireland 1906-1923’ by Walter A. Philips, 1923

• Photograph, captioned After the British had left Strand Milirtary Barracks, Capuchin Annual, 1942, p439

• Photograph of John Daly, Thomas J. Clarke & Seán MacDermott, Capuchin Annual, 1942, p365

• Extract from ‘The Irish Republic’ by Dorothy Macardle, 1951

• Limerick Gaeldom and fight for freedom by "Camán, Limerick Leader 9/2/1952, p11 

• Played notable part in the fight for Irish freedom [obituary of Garrett McAuliffe], Limerick Leader 7/6/1952, p7

• Letter, Where Limerick IRA man was shot [re location of shooting of Michael Danford], Limerick Leader 4/7/1953, p1

• Photograph (poor quality) of group at ceremony marking spot where Michael Danford was shot, Limk Leader 12/9/1953, p2

• Recollections of early days of the Volunteers in Limerick by A. J. O’Halloran, Limerick Leader 15/5/1954, p7

• Reprieve of IRA men under death sentence recalled [Timothy Murphy, Edward Punch and John Joseph Egan, Ennis], Limerick Leader 29/11/1954, p1

• Report of unveiling of memorial plaque at Dromcollogher by Michael Colbert, Limerick Leader 4/7/1956, p3

• Tragic chapter in War of Independence recalled [burning of Dromcollogher Courthouse], Limerick Leader 14/9/1957, p9

• The fight in East Limerick : new book by Seamus Forde, Limerick Leader 15/11/1958, p12

• Freedom fight incidents recalled: statement by the late Amos Reidy, Limerick Leader 27/4/1963, p24

• Formation of the famous Flying Column [Amos Reidy statement cont.], Limerick Leader 4/5/1963, p8

• Name of Lackelly a legend [Amos Reidy statement cont.], Limerick Leader 4/5/1963, p22

• A stormy Whit Sunday in Limerick: riots at the Irish Volunteer parade, 1915, Limerick Chronicle 1/6/1963, p7

• Death sentence recalled [Maurice P. O’Riordan], by W. W. Gleeson, Limerick Leader 7/11/1964, p5

• Their lives they gave their friends to save – Caherguillamore, Limerick Leader 25/12/1965, p6

• The ‘quiet man’ of Monegae will be honoured [Donal Sheehan], Limerick Leader 19/2/1966, p3

• Advertisement for publication of ‘Limerick’s Fighting Story’ edited by Col. J. M. MacCarthy, Limk Chronicle 2/4/1966, p5

• When the Volunteers were stoned in Limerick [the Volunteer parade, Whit Sunday, 1915], Limerick Chronicle 2/4/1966, p5

• Death of heroine of War of Independence – Mai Clair (nee Moloney) of Lackelly, Limerick Chronicle 21/10/1967, p7

• Freedom fighter recalls stirring incidents [Peter Hogan], Limerick Chronicle 7/9/1968, p3

• Remembering the Terror by An Mangaire Sugach (Mainchin Seoighe/Mannix Joyce), Limerick Leader 3/1/1970

• British troops tore the tricolour from his coffin [Michael Scanlan] by Mannix Joyce, Limerick Leader 11/4/1970

• A day of terror in Limerick: Black and Tan riots of August, 1920, Limerick Chronicle 5/9/1970, p5

• Limerick 1920 by Mannix Joyce, Capuchin Annual 1970, p287-303

• The brutal murder of Denis O’Donovan, Limerick Chronicle 22/5/1971, p9

• The Battle of Kilmallock by Captain Michael Quirke, Limerick Chronicle 14/8/1971, p5

• Forcibly fed, at five bob a head by Austin Brennan, Limerick Leader 16/12/1972, p3

• Series of articles, The Mossie Harnett Memoirs, Limerick Leader 12, 29 & 26^th Feb, 5 & 26^th March 1977

• Mossie Harnett: an appreciation by Mainchín Seoighe, Limerick Leader 9/4/1977, p4

• Ambush survivor tells of shoot-out [Patrick (Paddy) McCormack], Limerick Leader 5/7/1980

• The day a barracks went up in smoke [Ballylanders], Limerick Leader 20/12/1980

• The Black and tans leaving Limerick, Limerick Leader 20/2/1982, p27

• RIC and the Black and Tans by Willie W. Gleeson, Limerick Leader 27/3/1982, p13

• Funeral of Paddy McCormack, Limerick Leader 11/12/1982, p3

• Courage of Tom Crawford, patriot, Limerick Leader 18/12/1982, p4

• Tom Lawlor: a fearless and faithful Limerickman by Séamus Ó Cinnéide, Limerick Leader 12/2/1983, p8

• Funeral of Mr. James A. Gubbins, Limerick Leader 16/7/1983, p1

• Col. Austin Brennan [obituary], Limerick Leader 13/8/1983, p10

• Jim [Phelan], 83, explodes historical ‘myths’, Limerick Leader 25/8/1984, p3

• New light on Liam Lynch and Limerick, Limerick Leader 30/8/1986, p10

• The Grange ambush by Harry Greensmyth, Lough Gur Journal 1986, p42

• Honouring son of leader of Rising [Thomas Clarke, son of Tom Clarke], Limerick Leader 19/3/1988, p1

• Tan atrocity that led to truce: book, Limerick Leader 21/5/1988, p5

• Courage of Limerick’s first-ever lady mayor [Máire O’Donovan], Limerick Leader 15/4/1989, p13

• Limerick role of honour in struggle for independence, Limerick Leader centenary edition, 30/9/1989

• Fortress Bruff, Lough Gur Journal 1989, p71

• One man’s birth of a nation [Capt. Michael Madden], Limerick Chronicle 5/11/1991, p36&37

• Who did we name the station after [Con Colbert], Limerick Chronicle 14/4/1992, p13

• The destruction of Ballylanders barracks, Limerick Chronicle 28/7/1992

• Photograph of General C. H. Lucas being held by East Clare Brigade, Limerick Chronicle 31/5/1994

• Changes since the twenties [War of Independence period], Limerick Chronicle 20/9/1994, p12

• Photograph of group of Volunteers training in Kilkee, August 1914, Limerick Chronicle 4/2/1997, p15

• Remembering Dromkeen Ambush [Paddy Hickey of Elton], Limerick Leader 16/2/1999

• Eleven killed in an IRA gun ambush outside Dromkeen, Limerick Leader Millennium supplement, 1/1/2000

• The attack on Kilmallock R.I.C. Barracks, May 1920 / Deirdre McMahon, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 40 (2000)

• Story of 27 policemen shot here in Limerick, Limerick Leader 15/7/2000, p8

• ‘The night I saw the ‘Tans arrive at our door in Bishop Street’ [Geraldine O’Reilly], Limerick Leader 10/2/2001

• Historic gun-runners: Limerick links, Limerick Leader 21/4/2001, p12

• Limerick explodes into War of Independence, Limerick Leader 9/6/2001

• Unbiased account of turbulent time by Frank Bouchier Hayes [review article on ‘Tans, Terrors and Troubles: Kerry’s Real Fighting Story, 1913-1923 by T. Ryle-Dwyer], Limerick Leader 11/8/2001

• Republican Administration of Local Government in Limerick 1920-21 by John O Callaghan

• Jim to tell the story of his heroic grandfather [Cornelius McNamara], Limerick Leader 21/5/2007, p10

• Jim seeks help with book on grandfather [Cornelius McNamara], Limerick Leader 26/5/2007, p11

• My grandfather, my hero [Cornelius McNamara], Limerick Post 11/8/2007, p18

• Patrick Hartnett and Jeremiah Healy : murdered in Abbeyfeale by Crown Forces, booklet by Des Long, 2008

• Memorial to Limerickmen executed after they were set free from court [Michael Blake & James O’Neill], Limerick Post 27/5/2008, p2

• Memorial to men behind defining battle in the War of Independence [Dromkeen Ambush], Limerick Leader 18/12/2008, p17

• Plaque is unveiled to ‘almost forgotten hero’ of the Old IRA [Richard Leonard], Limerick Leader 16/5/2009, p17

• The Dáil Courts in Limerick by Trevor Anderson, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 49 (2009)

• IRA ambush at Meelick to be commemorated [photo, Michael Gleeson, Clondrinagh], Limerick Leader 18/6/2011, p2 (Leader 2)

• Meelick ambush is marked 90 years on [photo, Christopher McCarthy], Limerick Chronicle 21/6/2011, p8

• Meelick commemorates 1921 ambush of McCarthy and Gleeson, Limerick Post 25/6/2011, p32

• Over 200 honour the men who fought in the 1920 Grange ambush, Limerick Leader 19/11/2011

• Diary of a Limerick soldier in the Irish Republican struggle [Capt. Joe Graham, Lisnagry], Limerick Leader 20/06/2012, p13

• Executed by firing squad, Limerick Leader 1/9/2012, p 1 & 2 (Leader 2)

• A Curfew List: Surviving Relic of the War of Independence by Michael O Halloran, North Munster Antiquarian Journal, Vol. 52 (2012)

• The Murder of the O'Donovan Brothers by Tom Toomey, Old Limerick Journal vol. 46, Winter 2012

• Blackwater tragedy memorial [O'Donovan Brothers], Limerick Post 30/3/2013, p14

• Blackwater tribute to Limerick teens killed in RIC ambush [O'Donovan Brothers], Limerick Post 16/2/2013, p33

• War of Independence memorial, Limerick Post 4/5/2013, p14

• Innocents of 1921 honoured by memorial [O'Donovan Brothers], Limerick Post 6/4/2013, p6

• War of Independence hero was a victim of treachery, Limerick Post 26/04/2014, p14 

• Memorial to Limerick War of Independence casualty, Limerick Post 04/04/2015, p28

• 'No surrender' as Kilmallock destroyed, Limerick Leader [year unknown]

• Police Garrison surrender after three hours' fight, Limerick Leader 04/1920

• Death of I.R.A. Veteran [John Gallagher], Limerick Leader 11/10/1969 

• The secrets Volunteer Patrick [O’Connell] took to his grave, Limerick Leader 26/05/2016, p20 

• Fog fell too late to save the gallant Seán Finn, Limerick Leader 02/04/2016, p19

• New book shines fresh light on fight for independence, Limerick Leader 21/01/2017, p2 (Leader 2)

• Letters reveal story of 'friendly kidnapping' [Brig. Gen. Cuthbert Lucas], Limerick Leader 30/03/2019, p9

• Politics at a time of war : election 1920: Limerick voters shape their future by Brian P. Murphy, Limerick Leader 06/02/2020, p2

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