The Irish War of Independence began on the 21st of January 1919 and ended with a truce on the 11th of August 1921.

19/12/1919

I.R.A. Volunteer Martin Savage was killed in an ambush in Ashtown on the Dublin Meath border. The ambush was planned in an attempt to kill the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland Viscount French who, at the time, was Commander of the British Army in Ireland. French was travelling in a convoy of vehicles, due to the information the I.R.A. received in relation to the travel arrangements of French they attacked the second car but French was travelling in the first car. French’s guard in the second car opened heavy fire on the attackers, a third car also arrived on the scene and the occupants opened fire on the attackers. Savage was mortally wounded, his body was carried by Dan Breen and Tom Kehoe to Kelly’s Pub.

25/02/1920

On the 24th of February 1920 Vice Commandant Martin Devitt was killed in action when taking part in an ambush of R.I.C. men, the ambush was arranged on a regular R.I.C. patrol in order to relieve the R.I.C. men of their rifles and ammunition. The ambush took place on the road between Fermoyle and Inagh County Clare. On Friday the 5th of March 1920 the Irish Time reported on an Inquest into the body of a man found in a coffin in a bog at Clooney near Ennistymon County Clare on Tuesday. The body was identified as that of a local man who was killed while taking part in an attack on the RIC in the Inagh district at Fermoyle Cross a few miles from where the body was found. The dead man was Martin Devitt of Cahersherkin Ennistymon, he was 25 years old and the son of a local farmer. The body was identified by his brother. The verdict of the Inquest jury was “That Martin Devitt died on February the 24th from a bullet wound received while fighting for the freedom of his country, which freedom is prevented by misgovernment and we tender our sympathy to his relatives.”

14/04/1920

On the 14th of April 1920 a group of young Sinn Fein supports were celebrating the release of hunger strikers from Mountjoy Prison, the celebration was taking place at Canada Cross in Miltown Malbay County Clare. A group of R.I.C. policemen and soldiers from the Highland Light Infantry attacked the crowd killing Volunteer John O’Loughlan. Two civilians were also killed in the same attack, the civilians were Thomas O’Leary and Patrick Hennessy.

16/04/1920 On the 16th of April 1920 Thomas Mulholland was shot dead by RIC Sergeant Joseph Bustard when Mulholland along with nine other me attacked an RIC patrol of three policemen. The incident happened on Bridge Street Dundalk near Walsh’s Gate, the policemen noticed that half the gate was opened, which was unusual, and as they went to investigate they were attacked by ten men. Thomas was born in 1887 at Carrickrobin, Dundalk, County Louth. He and his brother Patrick were involved in the 1916 rising along with 70 other Dundalk men. They were both members of Sein Fein since the early days. On the 16th April 1920 Thomas was on active duty along with most other Dundalk Volunteers to obtain weapons from the local RIC Barracks as they had very few weapons (he was Quatermaster of A Company). They lost their weapons originally in 1914 when the National Volunteers split and kept all the rifles. Its aledged that there was as many as 100 rifles and revolvers at this stage. The weapons that they collected again by 1916 had to be dumped at a derelict house in Dunboyne in early May 1916 after the rising failed. Thomas never married. He kept greyhounds and won many national races. In the beginning, prominent IRB members were incouraged to keep dogs, as the race meetings were used as a cover for IRB meetings in Dundalk. The man that shot him was Sgt. Joseph Bustard. He said at the inquest that he feared for his life as 3 RIC members were ambushed and killed weeks earlier in Tipperary. After the inquest, Sgt. Bustard retired and went on the run to Belfast where he lived with his wife and daughter until the summer of 1923 when he went by boat to Canada. He settled straight away in Pennsylvania and died sometime after 1940. I havent found his death record yet. He worked as a gardener aged 67 in 1940. His daughter Louisa Bustard only died in May 2005. He had no other family

18/04/1920
	On the 18th of April 1920 while ambushing three R.I.C. men who were on their way to mass in County Clare Volunteer Séan Breen was shot dead by one of the R.I.C. men. Breen had shot dead R.I.C. Sergeant Patrick Carroll and was pursuing Constable Martyn, as Breen closed in Martyn drew his revolver and fired hitting Breen in the forehead killing him instantly.

09/05/1920

On Sunday the 9th of May 1920 Francis Aidan Gleeson who also went under the name Redmond died from complications after an appendices operation at the Mater Hospital Dublin, the complications were a liver infection as a result of a hunger strike undertaken by the dead man in Mountjoy. Gleeson had been sentenced to two months in prison for possession of firearms and a further month for not answering to his bail conditions, he was 25 years old, single and employed as a clerk.

19/05/1920
	On Wednesday the 19th of May 1920 Joseph Saunders was shot dead by the RIC on Patrick Street Cork City. Saunders was 35 years old and employed as a dock labourer, he was an ex-British Army Soldier.

21/05/1920

A young man from Carlow died of burns and shock on Friday the 21st of May, he was admitted to the Mater Hospital Dublin on the 12th of May. The young man name was Patrick Meaney. Evidence was produced at the inquest into his death that he may have been involved in the burning of the abandoned Police Barracks at Ballybrack County Dublin. A large force of Volunteers attended the Funeral of Meaney who was buried at Tomard about three miles from Leighlinbridge County Carlow. The coffin was draped with a republican flag and the mourners numbered around 3000 which included at least 3 marching bands.

28/05/1920
	Liam Scully was shot and mortally wounded in an attack on the Barracks in Kilmallock County Limerick. Scully had to be buried at midnight to avoid the attention of the Black and Tans. He was from County Kerry. Scully held a B.A. degree and was a teacher with the Gaelic League. He is buried in Templeglantine.

18/06/1920

On Saturday the 18th of June 1920 Thomas Brett aged 25 of Moyaliff Drombane Thurles County Tipperary died from gunshot wounds in the Mater Hospital Dublin. Brett had been admitted to the hospital on the 8th of June. The inquest could find no evidence of who had fired the shots that resulted in the death of Brett but it was reported that a large number, as much as 3000, Volunteers, ex-soldiers, Sinn Fein Club members and Cumann-na-mBan attended the funeral. There was a large military and police presence monitoring the funeral, after the police and military left the cemetery a party of Volunteers fired a volley of shots over the grave of Brett.

21/07/1920
	On Wednesday the 21st of July James Cogan was shot dead by British Soldiers when a military check-point he was stopped at came under fire. Cogan was an Irish Republican Policeman and had two men in his custody, the men were suspected cattle rustlers.

22/07/1920
	On the 21st of July 1920 I.R.A. Volunteer Michael Conway was shot dead on the bridge in Ennistymon County Clare when he and two other I.R.A. Volunteers attempted to take revolvers from two British Army officers of The Royal Scots Regiment, one of the officers drew his revolver and shot Conway dead. Conway was unmarried, 22 years old and had been employed as a baker.

29/08/1920
	On August the 29th 1920 Lieutenant Tim Fitzgerald was Killed when a party of I.R.A. Volunteers led by Sean Hales were attempting to ambush a joint British Army RIC patrol at Brinny County Cork when the ambush party were discovered and attacked be a British Army patrol from the Essex Regiment. During the ensuing gun battle Fitzgerald who was from Gaggin Bandon was killed.

22/09/1920

On the 22nd of September 1920 I.R.A. Volunteer Patrick Lehane died in a fire in Flanagans’ shop in Ennistymon, The R.I.C. and Auxiliaries had rampaged through the town looting and burning buildings after six of their comrades were killed in an ambush at Rineen. Patrick Lehane had played an active part in the ambush, his father Dan Lehane was shot dead by a mixed patrol of British Army and R.I.C. when he refused to answer questions about his son’s whereabouts.

01/10/1920
	Lieutenant John Connolly of the Bandon County Cork Company was picked up by Soldiers from the Essex Regiment in a round up of I.R.A. Suspects in Kilbrittain, a few weeks later his body was found in a park near Bandon, he was from Shannon Street Bandon.

17/10/1920

On the 17th of October 1920 Michael ‘Mick’ Fitzgerald died on hunger strike. He had been charged with the murder of Private William Jones of the 2nd Battalion The Kings Shropshire Light Infantry on the 7th of September 1920. The shooting took place when Fitzgerald as part of an I.R.A. unit ambushed and disarmed a party of Soldiers on their way to church at the Wesleyan Church Fermoy County Cork. Unable to find a jury the case was put back several times, Fitzgerald went on hunger strike in order to gain his freedom. The hunger strike lasted sixty seven days. Fitzgerald joined the Irish Volunteers in Fermoy in 1914 and had reached the rank of Officer Commanding of the 4th Battalion Cork 2nd Brigade.

01/11/1920

Kevin Barry was executed in Mountjoy Gaol on the 1st of November 1920, he was the first Republican to be executed since the execution of the 1916 Leaders. Barry was executed for his part in the ambush of British Soldiers of the Duke of Wellington Regiment as they collected the bread rations from a bakery on Church Street Dublin. 4 British soldiers died in the ambush and although much was made of Barry’s young age when he was hanged, Barry was 18 years old, one of the British Soldiers was only 15 years old.

16/11/1920

On the 16th of November 1920 members of G Company of the Auxiliaries executed three Volunteers of the Clare I.R.A. and a civilian caretaker, the Auxiliaries accused the caretaker of sheltering the I.R.A. Volunteers and being an I.R.A. Volunteer. Led by Lieutenant Colonel Andrews the Auxiliaries surrounded Williamstown House capturing the three Volunteers and the caretaker, the four men were taken to the Lakeside Hotel Killaloe were the were tortured and beaten for several hours, they were then taken to the Killaloe Ballina Bridge were the four men were shot dead. The dead men were: Volunteer Alfred Rodgers. Volunteer Michael McMahon. Volunteer Martin Gildea. The caretaker was Michael Egan.

17/11/1920

On Wednesday the 17th of November following the shooting of RIC Sergeant James O'Donoghue on White Street, Cork, a group of armed uniformed men went on the rampage killing three people. Evidence given at the inquests as to the identity of the armed men was unclear, some at the inquests gave evidence that it was men in Army uniform and some stated Police uniform and some a mix of Army and Police, later evidence showed the group came from Tuckey Street Barracks which would indicate either Police or Black and Tans. The three killed were: Patrick Hanley, 2 Broad Street , a member of Fianna Éireann. Eugene O’Connell 17 Broad Lane an ex-British soldier. James Coleman, 15 North Mall The three I.R.A. men that shot Sergeant James O'Donoghue were identified as Charlie O'Brien, Willie Joe O'Brien and Justin O'Connor. The reprisals were all directed at know I.R.A. men, Eugene O’Connell was the brother-in-law of Charlie O’Brien who was also shot and seriously injured in the same incident.

On the evening of Sunday the 21st of November 1920 Peadar Clancy and Richard McKee were both killed in Dublin Castle. The two were arrested after the Bloody Sunday shooting which had occurred earlier that day. The British alleged they were shot while attempting to escape and the IRA alleged they were tortured by the British in an attempt to learn the names of those involved in the Bloody Sunday Shootings.

24/11/1920

Michael Moran Commander of the Tuam County Galway Battalion of the IRA was shot dead on the 24th of November 1920. The circumstances of his death were investigated by a Military Court of Inquiry held at Galway. The Inquiry heard that Moran had attempted to escape Police custody, he was being held at Earl’s Island Police Barrack. No details of the evidence given to the jury was available only the verdict of the jury was published, the jury found The Court, having carefully considered the evidence, are of the opinion that the deceased died from shock and haemorrhage following a gunshot in the left temple inflicted by the Police escort in the course of duty. The court is also of the opinion that the escort was fully justified in firing upon the deceased. Moran was 27 years old and was the eldest of a family of two sons and a daughter. He lived with his widowed mother on a farm to miles from Tuam on the Mountbellew Road. Moran was described locally as a man of fine physique who held strong political views. He became a prominent Volunteer after the 1916 Rising and was a prominent figure in the Volunteer movement in North Galway.

26/11/1920

On the 26th of November 1920 brothers Harry and Patrick Loughnane were arrested by Auxiliary R.I.C. Police while working on the family farm in Shanaglish, Kinvara County Galway. Ten day after their arrest their bodies were found in a muddy pond near Ardrahan. Patrick Loughnane was 29 years old and was a local IRA leader and Sinn Féin secretary, he was also active in the local GAA. Harry was 22 years old was president of the local Sinn Féin club and a goalkeeper with Beagh hurling club. After their bodies were discovered they were examined by a local doctor. They were badly burnt and it was found that the letters ‘I.V.’ were cut into the charred flesh in several places, two of Harry’s fingers were missing and his right arm which was broken completely across the shoulder was hanging off. Both of Pat’s legs and wrists were broken. The doctor thought it possible that hand grenades had been put into their mouths and exploded.

28/11/1920

One of the biggest battles between Crown Forces and the I.R.A. took place at Kilmichael County Cork in October 1920. Over 100 I.R.A. Volunteers engaged a large force of British Army IRC and black and Tans. Four I.R.A. men were killed during the fighting, they were: Vice-Commandant Michael McCarthy from East Green Dunmanway. Lieutenant Patrick Deasy from Kilmacsimon Quay Bandon Volunteer James Sullivan from Konckawaddra Rossmore, Sullivan who was believed to be under sixteen years old died several hours later from wounds received during the battle.

03/12/1920

On December 3rd 1920 three members of the I.R.A. were killed in a trap laid by the Essex Regiment. The I.R.A. had captured two Essex Regiment soldiers who alleged they were attempting to desert the British Army and wanted safe passage to England. One of the two soldiers informed the I.R.A. that his brother, a Serjeant in Bandon Barracks, also wished to desert and would be willing to supply information on Bandon barracks to the I.R.A. A meeting with the Serjeant was arranged but this turned out to be a trap and when the three I.R.A. men showed up for the meeting they were ambushed and shot dead on Laurel Walk Bandon County Cork. The three I.R.A. men were: Captain John Galvin from Main Street Bandon. Lieutenant Jim Donohue of Shannon Street Bandon. Section Commander Joe Begley of Castle Road Bandon.

08/12/1920
	I.R.A. Lieutenant Michael McClean of Lowertown Schull was captured and killed by soldiers of the Essex Regiment on the 8th of December 1920. McClean was involved in an ambush at Gaggin County Cork which went wrong when one of the lorries of British Soldiers they were attempting to ambush escaped the ambush and doubled back capturing McClean.

12/12/1920

On the 12th of December 1920 Lieutenant Jerh Delany was killed by Crown Forces at his home in Dublin Hill County Cork, his brother Con Delany who was fatally wounded on the same night died from his wounds on the 18th of December 1920. The two I.R.A. Volunteers were shot dead by RIC Auxiliaries after an attack on a lorry carrying Auxiliaries is attacked at Dillon’s Cross in which one Auxiliary is killed.

14/12/1920

John Hickie died from a gunshot wound to the abdomen on the 14th of December 1920, he had received the wound two days earlier on the 12th of December while on manoeuvres near Merrion Gates Railway crossing. Little is known as to how Hickey was wounded except reports that local people found Hickie wounded on the railway track at about 7pm after hearing gun shots. Hickie was taken to Baggot Street hospital where he died. No British Army activity took place in the area on the night of the shooting and it is suspected that Hickie was shot accidentally either by himself or another member of the unit. He lived at Cross Avenue Dun Laoghaire and was a member of the local I.R.A. Active Service Unit. John Hickie’s grave is marked by a wooden cross.

22/12/1920

On the 22nd of December 1920 I.R.A. Volunteer Michael McNamara was shot by the Black and Tans, McNamara had been arrested on the 18th of December while sleeping at Denis Reidy’s house in Doonbeg along with I.R.A. Volunteer William Shanahan. Both men were taken to the R.I.C. Barracks at Kilrush, they were beaten and tortured while being interrogated. On the 22nd of December both men were put on a Crossley Tender and driven in the direction of Ennis. At Darragh between Kildysart and Ennis the Tender stopped and McNamara was told he was free to go, as he walked away from the Tender he was shot dead. William Shanahan was taken to Ennis Jail where his interrogation continued. While being taken to the toilet by Provost Sergeant David Finlay Shanahan was shot in the head at point blank range by Finlay.

26/12/1920

On the night of Sunday the 26th of December 1920 a dance was held at Cahirguillamore House Limerick, the owner of the house Viscount O’Grady was away at the time. The dance was raided by a joint force of Military and Police including Black and Tans. It was believed the dance was held to raise funds for the local I.R.A. ‘Flying Column’ by Bruff Battalion I.R.A., sentries was posted by the I.R.A. but a large party of Military surprised the sentries. During the exchange of fire and subsequent interrogation of those in the house five I.R.A. Volunteers died. Daniel Sheahan Harry Wade John Quinlan R O’Brien Martin Conway. It was reported that Conway, severely wounded, crawled four miles. Using a bloodhound to track him police caught up with him, he immediately fired on the Bloodhound killing him instantly. Conway was killed in the following exchange of fire. Conway, a prominent Sinn Feiner was on the run and was acting as sentry at the dance. Two Policemen were also killed in the incident. Constable Alfred C Hogsden and Constable John Reid.

01/01/1921

On Saturday the 1st of January 1921 two men were shot by the military at Ballylanders in the Bruff district of County Limerick. The two men were wanted by the authorities and on seeing a military car approaching them they fled. The two wanted men were: David Tobin, Tobin, armed with a revolver, ran about one hundred yards and took shelter behind a bank, he was out flanked by the military and shot dead. Thomas Murphy, Murphy refused to halt and was fired on, he was fatally wounded.

19/01/1921
	On the 19th of January 1921 Volunteer Denis Hegarty was killed by British Forces at Barry’s Hall Timoleague County Cork, he was from Courtmacsherry.

21/01/1921

On Friday the 21st of January 1921 I.R.A. Volunteer Michael Magee was mortally wounded when taking part in an ambush at Drumcondra Bridge Dublin. A patrol of Auxiliary police arrived during the ambush and the I.R.A. were forced to retreat, Magee, who was from Arbour Hill Dublin, received bullet wounds to the legs and lower abdomen and was taken prisoner, loaded into a Crossley Tender and ended up in up in King George V Hospital (now St. Bricin's), where he died on Saturday morning 22 January 1921. The official cause of death was "Shock and Haemorrhage from gunshot wounds to the legs and lower abdomen".

24/01/1921
	On the 24th of January 1921 Volunteer Daniel O‘Reilly was killed when three sections of the 3rd West Cork brigade entered Bandon with the intention of attacking the R.I.C. and Military barracks. During the attack O’Reilly who was from Granassig Kilbrittain was killed.

01/02/1921

On Tuesday the 1st of February 1921 Cornelius Murphy of Rathmore County Kerry was executed for having a revolver and seven rounds of ammunition. He was tried at a military court in Cork. Murphy was convicted under Martial Law regulations. It was the first cases of a convicted man being executed in a case were the convicted man had not been charged with having fired on Crown forces, and also the first case where the execution was carried out before the announcement of the sentence was given to the public.

04/02/1921
	On the 4th of February 1921 I.R.A. Lieutenant Patrick Crowley was shot dead during a round-up of I.R.A. suspects by the Black and Tans at Maryboro Timoleague County Cork, Crowley from Timoleague was a long serving I.R.A. veteran of Rathclarin, Newcestown and Tooreen ambushes.

09/02/1921

On Wednesday the 9th of February two I.R.A. Volunteers were found, one dead the other fatally injured, in a field at Clonturk Park Drumcondra Dublin. The dying Volunteer told police they were removed from Dublin Castle by Auxiliaries and Soldiers to Clonturk Park and shot. Auxiliary Captain William L ‘Tiny’ King and two of his med were arrested by the Military and acquitted at their court-martial on the 15th of April. The two I.R.A. Volunteers were: Patrick Kennedy James Murphy

15/02/1921

On the 15th of February 1921 a planned ambush by the I.R.A. of a train carrying British Troops went wrong resulting in the death of three I.R.A. men and six civilians. The plan was to ambush the train when it stopped at Upton station, the station staff were detained by the I.R.A. as they waited for the train to arrive. The train held about fifty soldiers of the Essex Regiment The soldiers were dispersed along the entire train rather than concentrated in the central carriage as the I.R.A. believed, as a result the civilian causalities were high and the soldiers in a better position to repel the attackers. The three dead I.R.A. men were: Lieutenant Sean Phelan a native of Liverpool England. Lieutenant Patrick O'Sullivan of Raheen Upton. Section Commander Batt Falvey of Ballymurphy Upton. Another I.R.A. man Daniel (Dan) O’Mahony was wounded in the attack and died some years later as a result of his injuries. The bodies of Sean Phelan, Batt Falvey and Pat O'Sullivan were laid to rest in the Republican plot at St Finbarr's cemetery in Cork.

16/02/1921

On the 16th of February 1921 four I.R.A. Volunteers were killed when they were surprised by a British Army patrol while they were trenching a road at Crois na Leanbh County Cork. The four Volunteers were found on the morning of the 16th all had been shot through the back of the head as if executed. The patrol was from the Essex Regiment. Two of the Volunteers were armed with rifles, the standing order for such I.R.A. operations was that two men would stand guard while two dug the trench. It was speculated at the time that the two guards had decided to assist in the trench digging and as a result failed to notice the approaching patrol. The four I.R.A. Volunteers were. Volunteer Cornelius McCarthy of Kilanetig Ballinadee. Volunteer John McCarthy Rathclarin Kilbrittain. Volunteer Timothy Connolly Fearnagark Kilbrittan. Volunteer Jeremiah O’Neill Knockpogue Kilbrittan.

20/02/1921

In an Ambush at Clonmult County Cork on the 20th of February 1921 twelve I.R.A. Volunteers were killed and another two later executed for their part in the Ambush. The I.R.A. were occupying a farm house when they were surrounded by a force of British Army (Hampshire Regiment), Royal Irish Constabulary Policeman and Auxiliaries. The fourteen dead men were: Captain James Aherne from Cobh County Cork was killed while jumping a fence 200 yards from the house. Volunteer Jeremiah Aherne from Midleton County Cork was killed in action. Volunteer Liam Aherne from Midleton County Cork killed in action. Volunteer Donal Dennehy from Midleton County Cork killed in action. Volunteer David Desmond from Midleton County Cork killed in action. Volunteer Michael Desmond Midleton County Cork was killed while attempting to fight his way back into the house. Volunteer James Glavin Cobh County Cork was killed during the fighting. Volunteer Michael Hallahan from Midleton County Cork killed in action. Volunteer Richard Hegarty from Garryvoe County Cork killed in front of the house when attempting to go for aid. Volunteer John Joe Joyce from Midleton County Cork killed while attempting to re-gain entry to the farm house. Volunteer Maurice Moore from Cobh County Cork was captured during the Ambush, he was later executed at Cork Military Barracks April 28th 1921. Volunteer Joseph Morrissey from Athlone County Westmeath killed during the fighting. Volunteer Christopher O'Sullivan from Midleton County Cork killed during the fighting. Volunteer Paddy O'Sullivan from Cobh County Cork was captured he was later executed at Cork Military Barracks April 28th 1921.

During an ambush on the 14th of March 1921 Leo Patrick Fitzgerald was killed. Fitzgerald was part of an IRA unit keeping guard over a meeting attended by Sean McBride at Saint Andrews Club, 144 Brunswick Street Dublin City. Another I.R.A. Volunteer David Kelly aged 41 (I.R.A. Manager of Sinn Fein Bank and brother of Alderman Thomas Kelly Sinn Fein M.P. for College Green.) was also killed in the ambush along with 2 policemen and three civilians.

09/03/1921

On the 9th of March 1921 A Military Court of Inquiry held in lieu of an Inquest heard the James O’Keefe was killed while acting as a sentry for an IRA Road-Trenching Active Service Unit. A military officer gave evidence that he was in charge of a patrol near Anner Bridge two miles east of Clonmel County Tipperary when they came across a man wearing a pink woman’s hat, the man was acting as a sentry for the Road-Trenchers, in the ensuing exchange of fire James O’Keefe was shot.

10/03/1921
	On the 10th of March 1921 four I.R.A. Volunteers were killed when, along with two other Volunteers who managed to escape, the house they were sheltering in was surrounded by a large troop of British Forces. The incident happened in the Boggeragh Mountains near Nadd. All were members of the Mallow Column. The four dead Volunteers were: David Herlihy Edward Waters Timothy Kiely Edward Twoney

11/03/1921

On March 11th 1921 at Selton Hill near Mohill County Leitrim an Irish Republican Army flying column was ambushed by members of the Black and Tans. Six IRA men of the Leitrim Brigade died in the Ambush The Auxiliaries were based in the town of Mohill. Captain M. E. Baxter Volunteer Sean Connolly from Longford. Volunteer Joseph O’Beirne (O’Brien) Volunteer John Reilly Volunteer Joseph Reilly Volunteer Seamus Wrynne (Wrynn)

14/03/1921

On the 14th of March 1921 six I.R.A. Volunteers were hanged at Mountjoy Jail. The six men were. Thomas Wheelan, 14 Barrow Street, Dublin a native of Clifden Connemara. Thomas Wheelan was tried by court martial at the City Hall Dublin, charged with the murder of Captain G. T. Baggallay at Baggot Street Dublin on the 21st of November 1920. Three other men were charged with the same offence, James Boyce, 10 Aungier Street Dublin, M. J. Tobin, 19 Upper Sherrard Street Dublin and James McNamara 81 Lower George’s Street Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) were found not guilty and released. Wheelan was executed at 6am. Patrick Moran, 5 main Street Blackrock County Dublin a grocers assistant. Moran was charged with Joseph Rochford, 11 Elm Park, Ranelagh Dublin. Rochford was found not guilty and released. Patrick Moran came from Crossna, Boyle, County Roscommon, he was Captain of D Company, 2nd Battalion I.R.A., his main responsibility was for the Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) harbour which was used for smuggling arms and getting men in and out of the country. He worked as a barman and was heavily involved in trade unions. Although Moran produced witnesses to prove he was not at 38 Mount Street Upper on the day of the shooting he was found guilty. It later transpired through a book by May Moran, Patrick Moran’s niece, that Patrick Moran was not at Mount Street on the day of the killings because he was leading the shooting party at the Gresham Hotel. Executed at 6am The following four were tried by Field Court Martial in connection with the Drumcondra Ambush and charged with assembling near the Drumcondra Road on the 21st of January 1920 with firearms and explosives with intent to use them for levying war against the King, of conspiring to levy war, with loop-holing a wall for the purpose of ambushing Crown Forces, with participating in an attack on Crown Forces, Another man Dermott O’Sullivan was also charged with the above offences and carrying a revolver and ammunition, O’Sullivan had his death sentence commuted to penal servitude for live because of his age, he was 17 years old. The four who were hanged were, Frank (Francis Xavier) Flood 30 Summerhill Parade Dublin. He was single and a Lieutenant in the H Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade IRA . Executed at 8am Patrick Doyle 1 St. Mary’s Place Dublin, was 29 years old, he worked as a carpenter and was married with one child, his wife gave birth to twins soon after the execution. He was a member of a member of F Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade, IRA. Executed at 7am Thomas J Bryan, 14 Henrietta Street Dublin, was an electrician, he was married and 22 years old. Executed at 7am Bernard Ryan 18 Royal Canal Terrace, Phibsborough Road, 20 years old. He was a member of F Company, 1st Battalion, Dublin Brigade I.R.A. Executed at 8am

19/03/1921

On the 19th of March 1921 the 3rd Cork Brigade of the I.R.A. ambushed a large convoy of British Army lorries at Crossbarry County Cork. The convoy was part of a larger force sent to the Ballymurphy area to locate the headquarters of the West Cork Brigade The Crown Forces strength for the operation was 1200 soldiers mainly made up of the Essex Regiment and a force of about 120 Auxiliaries, the I.R.A. column numbered a little over 100 men. Three I.R.A. men died in the fighting. The dead were: Volunteer Peter Monohan of Bandon. Volunteer Jeremiah O’Leary of Corrin Leap. Volunteer Con Daly of Carrig Ballinascarthy. It is reported that another I.R.A. Volunteer died some time later from wounds received at Crossbarry but I have been unable to find his name. Although it is widely reported that up to 39 British Soldiers were killed at Crossbarry, this number allegedly includes 5 Officers, I have only found 9 British Soldiers, the highest ranking is Serjeant.

19/03/1921

I.R.A. Brigadier Charles ‘Charlie’ Hurley was shot dead on the 19th of March 1921 at Ballinphellic Upton County Cork, he was born in Baurleigh Kilbrittan on the 19th of March 1892. Brigadier Hurley was in command of the Column that engaged Crown Forces at Crossbarry later that day, he was billeted overnight at a safe house a few miles from where the Column was billeted. The safe house was surrounded by British Troops and Brigadier Hurley died in a fierce gun battle as he tried to escape.

21/03/1921
Edmond Crawford from County Limerick was shot dead on the 21st of March 1921 when with a party of I.R.A. Volunteers he was surrounded by Crown Forces. The incident happened at Crawford and two other I.R.A. men Denis Howard and Bill Condon were escorting a prisoner suspected of spying. Edmond Crawford, a farmers son, was born in 1897.

Edmond Crawford is buried in Knocklong County Limerick, the image above shows his coffin being carried from Kilmallock courthouse.

23/03/1921
	On the 23rd of March 1921 Daniel Crowley aged 22, William Deasy aged 20 and Daniel Murphy aged 24 were killed by Crown Forces at Ballycannon Clogheen County Cork.

24/03/1921

On Wednesday the 23rd of March 1921 three Soldiers were killed and an R.I.C. Constable fatally wounded in an ambush at Scramogue near Strokestown County Roscommon, another three Black and Tans captured by the I.R.A. in the ambush were later killed. After the ambush the Crown Forces in Roscommon Town mounted a large scale operation to attempt to capture the ambushers. Eight lorries and a Whippet Tank were used. Several I.R.A. men involved in the ambush were picked up, Michael Mullooly an I.R.A. Volunteer was shot dead at his home by the R.I.C., it is believed the Michael Mullooly had not taken part in the ambush and may have been mistaken for his brother Patrick who did take part in the ambush.

02/04/1921

Christopher Reynolds was shot dead on the 1st of April 1921 by British Soldiers you had arrested him at his home in Rathfarnham Dublin. The military alleged that Reynolds had tried to escape when the tender they were travelling in broke down near Portobello Bridge, the soldiers dismounted the tender and posted guard around it, when the tender was restarted and the soldiers were getting back on to it Reynolds and another prisoner Bernard Nolan jumped from the tender and ran down the street, the soldiers fired on the fleeing prisoners, Reynolds was taken to King George V hospital were he was pronounced. Reynolds was aged 23 and worked as an official at the New Ireland Insurance Company. Bernard Nolan, aged 32, worked as a tobacconist’s assistant, Nolan was wounded in the right arm and leg. Christopher Reynolds was buried in Saint Nahi’s Cemetery Dundrum County Dublin. He was arrested by the British when they received information he and Nolan were members of and I.R.A. Active Service Unit which was involved in the Lucan Ambush in which an Police sergeant and head constable were killed.

06/04/1921

The Irish Time reported on the discovery of the body of Vincent Fovargue found by a boy on the golf links at Ashford Middlesex. Fovargue had escaped from British Army custody in Ireland. It was believed that Fovargue had given information on the I.R.A. to the British and was allowed to escape in return for that information, he fled to England but was tracked down by the I.R.A. The body was found on the 2nd of April. Fovargue had been a member of the Dublin Brigade of the I.R.A. Fovargue lived with his mother and sister at Dunville Avenue Renelagh. He was employed at a tea merchant in Batchelor’s Walk Dublin as a clerk. Initially it was believed that the body was that of Mr. J Doherty of Trinity Street Dublin but it later transpired that Fovargue had purchased a suit from Mr. Doherty whose name appeared on the suit. Fovargue was a former pupil of the O’Brien Institute Dublin (an orphanage in Dublin).

23/04/1921

On the 23rd of April 1921 six I.R.A. men were shot dead by a mixed RIC and Black and Tan Patrol at a farm at Ballycannon, Clogheen, Cork. The six men were staining on the farm of Cornelius O’Keefe which was a regular ‘safe house’ where those on the run or on active service with a flying column could stay. At about 4 am on the morning of the 23rd the house was raided and the six men discovered sleeping in a barn on the farm. The six men were: Daniel Crowley, aged 23 and from Blarney Street Cork. William Deasy, aged 20 and from Blarney Road Cork. Thomas Dennehy, aged 21 and from Blarney Street Cork. Daniel Murphy aged 24 from Orrery Hill Blarney Street Cork. Jeremiah O’Mullane aged 23 from Blarney Street Cork. Michael O’Sullivan aged 20 from Blarney Street Cork.

25/04/1921

Thomas Traynor was hanged at Mountjoy Jail for his part in an ambush on Auxiliary Forces who were on their way to raid a meeting of the I.R.A. in Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) Dublin on the 14th of March 1921. Two Auxiliary Policemen and five others were killed in the ambush. Traynor was a native of Tullow County Carlow and was 39 years old when executed. Traynor had fought with the Boland’s Mill garrison during the 1916 Rising.

01/05/1921

On the 1st of May 1921 two IRA Volunteers were shot dead at a farm house near Gurthdrum County Tipperary. A police patrol was operating in the area after reports that a group of Sinn Feiners was gathering in the locality. As the Police approached the farm house three men were seen to leave, on of the men was in uniform. The Police opened fire, the fleeing men returned fire. The Police searched a large area around the farm house, no more rebels were found and the Police returned to the farm house where they found the bodies of the two men. The men were: Patrick Maloney aged 21, unmarried and a native of Church Street County Tipperary. When Maloney’s body was found he was wearing a green uniform jacket with officers cuffs and riding breeches, he was armed with a Winchester repeating rifle loaded with flat-nosed bullets. John Duffy aged 30, had served in the British Army with The Irish Horse, and lived at Main Street Tipperary. When Duffy’s body was found he was in civilian clothes and armed with a service rifle.

02/05/1921
	On Monday the 2nd of May 1921 Patrick Casey was executed at Cork Barracks. He was convicted of taking part in the Mitchelstown Ambush, he was tried, convicted and executed within 25 hours, and the execution was carried out before the sentence had been announced to the public. Casey was a Captain with the 5th Battalion Mid-Limerick Brigade I.R.A.

John Jenkins On the 4th of May 1921 a Volunteer with the Dun Laoghaire I.R.A. stationed at the naval base in Dun Laoghaire died as a result of an accident. Volunteer John Jenkins was cleaning his rifle when he accidentally discharged it resulting in a fatal bullet wound to the head. John Jenkins had served ten years in the British Army before returning to Ireland and joining the I.R.A. John Jenkins lived at Saint Mary’s Cottages Monkstown and left a wife and six children. He was given a funeral with full military honours and many National newspapers reported on the large procession that followed the coffin as it was taken to Dean’s Grange Cemetery. The Procession included comrades from the Naval Base at Dun Laoghaire as well as other I.R.A. units as well as Fianna Scouts, ex-service men and a fife and drum band. John Jenkins was laid to rest in the Republican Plot.

09/05/1921
	A Military Court of Inquiry was held in lieu of an Inquest at Cavan to investigate the circumstances of the death of John McCartney of 47 Norfolk Street Falls Road Belfast. The Court found that McCartney died as a result of gunshot wounds inflicted by Crown Forces in the execution of their duty McCartney being at the time in a state of armed insurrection against His Majesty.

09/05/1921
	I.R.A. Captain Frank Hurley was captured and shot by soldiers of the Essex Regiment in Bandon County Cork. He was from Laragh Bandon. He was the sister of Anna Hurley leader of the Bandon Cumann na mBan.

11/05/1921
	I.R.A. Lieutenant Con Murphy was shot dead by soldiers from the Essex Regiment at Cloundreen Kilbrittan. He was from Clachfluck Timoleague County Cork.

12/05/1921

On Thursday the 12th of May 1921 three I.R.A. Volunteers were shot in a field near the crossroads near Knockanure County Kerry. There are differing versions as to how they died. The authorities claimed the men were part of an ambush consisting of about 100 Volunteers who ambushed an R.I.C. convoy at Kilmorna near Listowel. An I.R.A. Volunteer Con Dee stated that he was with the three I.R.A. men near the bridge at Gortaglanna when they were picked up by a mixed patrol of R.I.C. and Auxiliaries who beat and mistreated them before shooting the three men dead, Con Dee managed to escape. The three men were: Paddy (Padraic) Dalton Jerry (Diarmuid) Lyons Paddy Walsh (Padraic Breathnach)

16/05/1921

ON Monday the 16th of May 1921 Daniel O’Brien of Liscarroll, County Cork was executed at Cork Detention Barracks. He was found guilty by Drumhead* Court Martial of being in possession of a revolver and ammunition. In a statement before execution O’Brien stated that he was a soldier of the Irish Republican Army and expected the treatment of a captured soldier adding that if he captured an enemy soldier he would not shoot him. After he had received spiritual ministrations, O’Brien walked to the place of execution reciting prayers and unaccompanied, and met his death bravely. * A drumhead court-martial is a court-martial held in the field to hear urgent charges of offences committed in action. The term is said to originate from the use of a drumhead as an improvised writing table.

16/05/1921

During reprisals for the killing and wounding of several British Soldiers, Black and Tans and R.I.C. men in Midleton County Cork on the 14th of May soldiers of the Cameron Highlanders picked up three local I.R.A. men, the three men’s bullet riddled bodies were later found in the district. The three men were: Michael Ahern from Ballyrichard, Midleton. Richard Barry from Knockgriffin, Midleton. John Ryan from Woodstock, Carrigtwohill.

18/05/1921

On Wednesday the 18th of May 1921 I.R. A. Volunteer John Quinn was shot dead by Crown Forces near Tubrid County Tipperary. Quinn was part of a group of I.R.A. Volunteers who were fleeing Crown Forces after the abduction and killing of Constable Mead R.I.C.in Ballyseedy County Kerry. Quinn had been on the run for some time and was fatally wounded when caught by Crown Forces and died later in hospital. Another I.R.A. Volunteer, Patrick Walsh was seriously injured in the same incident.

20/05/1921
	Thomas McEver from Kinsale was killed by Crown Forces on the 20th of May 1921, he was a member of No.4 Brigade Galway, his killing was described as a brutal murder.

23/05/1921

On Monday the 23rd of May 1921 I.R.A. Volunteer John Brown was shot and fatally wounded when taking part in an ambush of an R.I.C. patrol at Skirdagh four miles north-east of Newport County Mayo. The I.R.A. had ambushed a group of twelve R.I.C. men lead by District Inspector. One Constable Joseph Maguire was killed. Brown was fatally wounded and died some time later in the County Infirmary Castlebar.

25/05/1921

Edward Dorins was shot dead in a battle near Talbot Street on the 25th of May 1921. He was part of a group involved in the burning of the Custom House. While keeping lookout with several other members of his Battalion they were confronted by a group of Black and Tans, in the ensuing battle Edward Dorins was mortally wounded and died in the street where he fell. Edward Dorins was 22 years old and worked in the City as a plumber. He was a member of the 2nd Battalion Dublin Brigade I.R.A.. He was interred in Dean’s Grange cemetery, the inscription on his headstone reads. Erected in loving memory of my son Edward Dorins. Late I.R.A. Killed in Action at the Custom House on May 25th 1921. Also his dear Father Thomas Dorins died 19th of January 1940 aged 76 years.

Seán Doyle was another member of the IRA killed in the attack on the Customs House On the 25th of May 1921. Seán Doyle’s memorial in Glasnevin records the date of his death as the 30th of May 1921.

28/05/1921
	I.R.A. Commandant Diarmuid Hurley was shot dead by a joint patrol of R.I.C. and Black and Tans. Travelling on foot between Midleton and Carrigtowhill County Cork. Surprised by the police patrol, Hurley, well know in the area for his I.R.A. activities as leader of a Flying Column, he was pursued and shot dead by the patrol.

30/05/1921

Thomas Murphy was shot by the Black and Tans on the morning of the 30th of May 1921. Employed as a part-time porter for the Dublin and South Eastern Railway and part-time driver for Sir Horace Plunkett Murphy was shot in his bedroom in the local hotel where he lived with his mother and sisters. Thomas was a Corporal with the local I.R.A. and it is believed he was shot in reprisal for the shooting of a local policeman Albert Skeats at Cabinteely Barracks, constable Skeats had been in a coma for nearly two week and had died two days before Thomas Murphy was shot. Constable Skeats had been shot by another local I.R.A. activists Leo Murphy (not related).

05/1921
	In May 1921 I.R.A. Captain Patrick White was shot dead while attempting to escape from Spike Island prison. The circumstances of White’s death were somewhat controversial as many other prisoners claimed White was shot dead by a trigger-happy sentry.

04/06/1921

On Saturday the 4th of June 1921 at 8am Thomas Keane was executed in Limerick Detention Barracks by firing squad, he was convicted of levying war and possession of arms. It was reported that after hearing Mass and receiving Holy Communion he walked to his death with fortitude and calmness. Outside large crowds including the deceased’s wife and mother assembled to pray for the repose of his soul. Hymns were sung and after the official word that the execution had taken place the crowd dispersed quietly. Keane was a railway worker and was married with two young children, they lived at 1 Moore Lane, Limerick. At the time of the arrest of Keane another man Henry Clancy was shot dead while attempting to escape.

05/06/1921

On the 5th of June 1921 the body of IRA Volunteer John Cummins was found by the Military in a search at Ballyvoyle County Waterford. The Military were searching for arms after they had been ambushed. A military report stated a civilian appeared to be lying in a ditch with a firearm levelled in the direction of the approaching Military. Two shots were fired at the civilian by the military. When the Patrol reached the civilian it was found that life was extinct. The rifle was found to be loaded. Medical evidence showed that death was due to two bullet wounds, one in the region of the heart and one in the calf of the leg, death would have been instantaneous. A Military Court of Inquiry found that John Cummins was shot dead by Crown Forces in the act of offering armed resistance to the above mentioned force in the execution of their duty. John Cummins was aged 23 and from the Ballyvoyle area.

07/06/1921

On Tuesday the 7th of June 1921 two men were executed in Mountjoy. The two were found guilty of the murder of RIC Sergeant Peter Wallace at Knocklong Railway Station County Limerick on May 14th 1919. The two men had been tried twice before for this crime but the jury in both occasions was unable to reach a verdict. Both men were found guilty and sentenced to death by a Military Court Martial. The two executed men were: Edmond Foley of Duntryleague Galbally County Limerick. Patrick Maher, Knocklong County Limerick

15/06/1921

On the 15th of June 1921 the Meelick Company of the I.R.A. suffered a double blow when Captain Michael Gleeson was Killed in Action when engaging the Royal Scots Regiment at Burton Hill in Meelick another I.R.A. Captain, Christopher McCarthy, was killed in the same ambush. A small group of I.R.A. Volunteers attempted to ambush the Limerick to Ennis train, a Volunteer onboard the train failed to warn the ambushers that the British military were on the train, a small stone barricade had been constructed across the railway line, the British Soldiers, members of the Royal Scots Regiment, forced the driver to ram the barricade and the train continued to Cartloe station, passengers on the train were removed and the soldiers forced the driver to return to the ambush site where the military engaged the I.R.A.. Gleeson died in the opening burst of machine gun fire, McCarthy was captured by the British when he attempted to rescue Gleeson, McCarthy body was found after the ambush, his throat had been cut and he was shot several times at point-blank range.

18/06/1921
	On the 18th of June 1921 two I.R.A. Volunteers were killed in an ambush at Coolbawn County Kilkenny. The two men were: Nicholas Mullins from Thomastown aged 27 and a member of the 5th Battalion I.R.A. Sean (John, Jack) Hartley from Glenmore aged 25 a member of the 5th Battalion I.R.A. He was interned in Wakefield Prison in the UK after the 1916 Rising.

On the 19th of June 1921 the ASU (Active Service Unit) of the Dun Laoghaire I.R.A. conducted an assassination attempt on British Military officers staying at the Royal Marine Hotel Dun Laoghaire. The Hotel was a long time billet for officers staying in Dun Laoghaire and had been used by General Maxwell during the 1916 Rising. On the night of the 19th the I.R.A. enter the Hotel and came face to face with their targets. A gun battle ensued in which local I.R.A. man James McIntosh was fatally wounded. McIntosh managed to escape the Hotel but only managed to make it as far as Marine Road a short distance from the Hotel. He was taken to the local St. Michael’s Hospital where he died two days later on the 22nd of June 1921. As the funeral procession left St. Michael’s Church Dun Laoghaire British Soldiers stopped the procession and removed a Tricolour from the coffin, a young lady grabbed the flag from the soldier a minor scuffle broke out and Black and Tans accompanying the Soldiers fired over the head of the mourners causing panic as people dived for cover. The funeral procession managed to continue to Dean’s Grange Cemetery where James McIntosh was buried in the Republican Plot. James McIntosh served with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers during World War 1, he was born in County Laois in 1885.He joined the Dublin Fusiliers on the 1st of October 1914.He was wounded during the battle of the Somme and was sent home on the 6th of July 1916. He was returned to France in December 1916 and was again seriously wounded during the battle of Passchendaele on the 11th of August 1917 and spent 131 days recovering in hospital in London. He was discharged medically unfit from the Army on the 23rd of February 1920.

24/06/1921

Early on the morning of the 24th of June 1921 I.R.A. Volunteer Michael Dineen from the Kilcorney Company County Cork was taken prisoner by Auxiliaries in a round-up of I.R.A. suspects. He was picked up at his brother’s house Ivale, his body was later found at Tooreenbawn some three hundred yards from his home he had been shot after being tortured it was reported that his legs and arms were broken.

26/06/1921
	On Sunday the 26th of June 1921 during an attack on a vacant barrack at Roskean (Rooskey) County Roscommon shots were fired on the attackers when they were challenged by Police. Later that day the body of Volunteer William Connolly of Rooskey was found in a local house, Connolly had died from bullet wounds believed to have been inflicted during the attack on the barrack.

27/06/1921
	On Monday the 27th of June 1921 Thomas Nealon, Clydagh Ballycastle County Mayo was shot dead when he along with four other Volunteers had just finished a meal in a local ‘safe house’ . The house was surrounded by R.I.C. and Nealon was shot dead in the ensuing shoot-out. The other four Volunteers were captured along with what was reported to be several important documents.

29/06/1921

On the 29 of June 1921 I.R.A. Volunteer died in action from a heart attack while he was taking part in a battle with the Black and Tans at Enrights’ Farm near Sixmilebridge. The Volunteer was Thomas Healy an ex member of the R.I.C. from Duagh in County Kerry. Healy had worked as a clerk for the district inspector of the R.I.C. in Ennis and had been supplying the I.R.A. with information but when his activities came under suspicion he retired from the R.I.C. and joined the I. R A.

10/07/1921
	On the 10th of July 1921 three I.R.A. Volunteers were Killed in Action when they ambushed a party of British Soldiers on Upper Main Street Castleisland County Kerry. One British Soldier was killed in the ambush. The three I.R.A. Volunteers were: John Flynn. Jack Prendiville. Dick Shanahan.

26/07/1921

On Tuesday the 28th of July 1921 Stephen Geoghegan, an ex-British Soldier aged 26 and employed as a porter of 44 Bridgefoot Street Dublin died as a result of a bullet wound in Dr. Steeven’s Hospital. It was believed that Geoghegan received the fatal wound when taking part in an I.R.A. raid at Gallenstown and a revolved he attempted to fire misfired and caused the wound. A witness at the inquest, Peter Keenan, stated that he was on the raid with Geoghegan and the account given was the correct account.

05/08/1921

I.R.A. man Frederick Fox was shot and mortally wounded by his I.R.A. comrade Francis Joseph Crumney of Raglan Street Belfast. The two I.R.A. men were on a surveillance mission when they were stopped by the police on Earlswood Road Belfast, a struggle ensued and one policeman, Constable Kane, was shot in the leg. The two I.R.A. men attempted to escape and in the chase Crumney shot Fox, Fox was mortally wounded and died a week later in hospital.

K.I.A. During the Ceasefire

26/01/1922
	Na Fianna Éireann member Percy Hannifin died for wounds received when as part of a look-out detail guarding a meeting of I.R.A. men they engaged a party of Black and Tans who had parked a Crossley Tender on the street. During the exchange of fire Hannifin received a bullet wound to the head and died some days later on the 26th of January 1922.

On Saturday 11 February 1922 a gun battle at Clones Railway Station, County Monaghan, resulted in the deaths of four Ulster Special Constables and the local IRA commandant. A group of I.R.A. Volunteers attempted to ambush a party of Special Constabulary policemen, the I.R.A. entered the carriage and ordered the Specials to put their hand up, a shot rang out and I.R.A. Commandant Matthew Fitzpatrick fell dead. In the ensuing gun battle 4 of the Specials were killed.

26/04/1922

On Wednesday the 26th of April 1922 Fianna Éireann Volunteer Henry O’Connor aged 22 died as a result of a gunshot wound received when a party of Fianna Éireann went to a house in the Ferns District of Enniscorthy County Wexford. The Fianna party were acting on information that a local Orangeman had firearms and ammunition at his address. The inquiry into O’Connor’s death heard that when the occupants of the house refused to open the door O’Connor began banging on the door, a shot was heard and O’Connor fell wounded. It was suggested that O’Connor was killed when he accidently discharged the rifle when banging on the door, the medical examiner stated he believed this to be impossible due to the entry point of the bullet. The Jury at the inquiry held by Officers of the I.R.A. Executive at Enniscorty found that O’Connor had died as a result of of a bullet accidently discharged from a rifle.

10/08/1922

On the 10th of August 1922 two men were hanged in Wandsworth Prison London for the murder of Chief of the Imperial General Staff of the Army Sir Henry Wilson who was believed to be the main instigator of the pogroms against Nationalists in Northern Ireland, he was Military Advisor to the Northern Irish Parliament under James Craig. The two men were. Joseph O’Sullivan aged 25, born in London of Irish parents. O’Sullivan had served in WW1 with the Munster Fusiliers and had lost his leg below the knee in the fighting at Ypres Belgium. He was employed as a clerk in Whitehall and joined the London Brigade of the I.R.A. in 1919. Reginald Dunne, aged 24, born in England of Irish parents, he joined the British Army and fought with the Irish Guards in France. After leaving the Army he studied to become a teacher and had also joined the London Brigade of the I.R.A. in 1919 and rose through the ranks to become second-in-command. They succeeded in killing Sir Henry Wilson but in their attempts to escape their getaway car failed to show and both men were chased by a crowd of civilians and police, on reaching Ebury Street about half a mile from when the assassination had taken place they were cornered by the crowd who almost beat them to death, they also shot a policeman dead while attempting to flee capture. Both men a commemorated on the memorial in the Republican Plot at Dean’s Grange Cemetery Dublin, their bodies, which were buried in Wandsworth Prison were returned to Ireland and buried in the Republican Plot in 1967.

07/11/1922
	On the 7th of November 1922 I.R.A. Volunteer John Sharry died of wounds received while fighting the Black and Tans during the War of Independence. He had been injured near Moymore Church County Clare. He was born in Liscannor and had been a member of the Volunteers since 1917.

15/07/1922
	On the 15th of July 1922 during an attack by Anti-Treaty I.R.A. on the Barracks in Kilrush County Clare which was held by Free State Troops Patrick O’Dea was Killed in Action.

17/07/1922
	On the 17th of July 1922 Anti-Treaty I.R.A. Captain Séan O’Halloran was killed when fighting Free State Troops at Bunahowe between Gort and Ennis County Clare.

06/08/1922
	On the 6th of August 1922 Anti-Treaty I.R.A. men Volunteer John O’Gorman and Lieutenant John McSweeney were both fatally injured while attacking Free State Troops garrisoned in Kildysart Barracks County Clare. O’Gorman died on the 11th of August and McSweeney died in early September.