Redmondstown Ambush

IRA ambush of car carrying National Army Colonel Commandant Frank Thornton at Redmondstown, County Tipperary on 21 August 1922. 1 National Army killed, 1 taken prisoner and Thornton seriously wounded.

Date
21 August 1922

Brigades Involved:
3 Tipperary Brigade (South-Tipperary) - 2 Southern Division

Units involved
Active Service Unit (under commmand of Jack Killeen), 3 Tipperary Brigade;