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WS Ref #: 292 , Witness: Donal Hales, Trade Representative, 1919 - 1922; Brother of Sean Hales TD
... of crossbarry with my brother Sean. I believe my brother Tom who hart beendreadfully tortoise by the brutal ... on the rend gun at crossbarry which was almost like a little cannon. /There ...
... to take up arms to accomplish it. He took part in the Struggle. He was at the battle of Crossbarry ...
... -6- him, was in an English prison at the time, Seán had a big gun at Crossbarry which was almost like a little cannon, and which, as one of the principal participants in the battle afterwards stated, cheered them up in the fight, as long as they beard it thundering against the English lorries ...
WS Ref #: 444 , Witness: Peter Kearney, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
... a week prior to Crossbarry. We went east towards Newcestown, across B0andon river, making ... Bandon-Cork road, making towards Crossbarry. The Column was divided into about seven sections of 14 ...
WS Ref #: 473 , Witness: Denis Leahy, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
... a train carrying supplies of military stores to the military at Crossbarry from Cork. Four of us ... sent to the military at Crossbarry. Cars were commandeered locally and the provisions and coal were ...
... time before the Crossbarry ambush, January 1921, two home-made land-mines were made by Dick Buckley ...
WS Ref #: 1591 , Witness: Richard Russell, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... to Crossbarry that night. Before leaving the column on the morning of March 18th 1921, I received instructions ... at Crossbarry March 19th 1921. Following his death, the personnel of the Brigade Staff was: o/c Liam ...
WS Ref #: 1621 , Witness: Con Flynn, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... when the column took part in the engagement at Crossbarry on March 19th 1921. Amongst the sixteen men ... Hales, Seán Hales. On the night following the fight at Crossbarry, the Battalion Adjutant (Jim O'Mahoney ...
... 15. and placed them under arrest later handing them over to Bill Hales and Paddy O'Brien (1st Lieut. Ballinadee Company). They took them to billets in Rathrought area. One of these deserters was Peter Monahan who later joined the Erigade Column as engineer and was killed at Crossbarry on March 19th ...
WS Ref #: 1640 , Witness: James Doyle, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... area, We remained in billets until about 9 p.m. on 18th March 1921, when we moved to Crossbarry area ... would take up ambush positions on the old Cork-Bandon road just west of the vi1lge of Crossbarry ...
... Crossbarry the members of the rearguard were: Peter Kearney, Mick Crowley and Jim Doyle (witness ...
... 21. (Charlie Hurley) had been killed in Crossbarry area on the morning of 19th March 1921. He had been billeted in Forde's in Ballyhandle area when it was surrounded by a strong force of enemy troops. He tried to fight his way through the encircling ring, but was killed in the attempt. His body ...
WS Ref #: 1644 , Witness: Edward Horgan, Lieutenant IRA, Cork, 1921
... by the West Cork Flying Column under Tom Barry which took place at Crossbarry on 19th March, 1921 ... at Crossbarry had concluded. In the months preceding the Truce of July, 1921, our activities, in general ...
WS Ref #: 1684 , Witness: James ("Spud") Murphy, Officer IV and IRA, Cork, 1917 - 1921
... in the area and he outlined a plan of attack. The column moved up to Crossbarry about 3.30 a.m. and positions were occupied along the old Bandon Road west of Crossbarry village. About 4.30 a.m. four sections ...
WS Ref #: 1736 , Witness: Maurice Donovan, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... positions at Shippool on March 17th, 1921, and later to Crossbarry on the morning of March 19th ... way to the west, after Crossbarry. Similarly, when withdrawing from Rosscarbery after the attack ...
WS Ref #: 1537 , Witness: Eugene Dunne, Officer IRA, Cork, 1921
... used at Crossbarry, Drimoleague, Roscarbery, as well as on the attack on King 3t. Barracks, Cork ...
... O'Connell, Dick Spencer and five or six others. These men took part in Crossbarry engagement ...