On 28th November 1920, members of an IRA Flying Column led by Tom Barry ambushed members of the Auxiliaries at Kilmichael in West Cork in which sixteen Crown forces were killed. Two IRA members also died. The event was politically and militarily significant and marked a turning point in the fight for freedom. A West […]
This podcast relates to the Battle of Jadotville which took place in September 1961 in The Congo, when “A” Company 35th Battalion of the Irish Army UN Service were attacked by Katangese forces. The lightly armed Irish troops were besieged for five days and fought bravely against a large force of Katangese. Commanding the Irish […]
