Ballymacandy: The Story of a Kerry Ambush

by Owen O’Shea

On 1 June 1921, at the height of Ireland's War of Independence, a cycling patrol of members of the RIC was ambushed by members of the IRA at Ballymacandy, between Milltown and Castlemaine in County Kerry. After an hour of fighting, four police officers lay dead and another died a day later, among them a father of nine children.

The group of IRA assailants included some of the most high-profile figures in Ireland's 'Tan War, ' men like Dan...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1785373870
• ISBN13: 9781785373879
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Merrion Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 8.4"