Dublin Core
Title
Coolbawn Memorials, Castlecomer, County Kilkenny
Subject
Decade of Centenaries, Kilkenny, images
Description
The Kilkenny Brigade attempted to ambush a military escort transporting explosives from the Castlecomer Barracks to the Wolfhill Coal-Mine on the 18th June 1921. However, their plans were betrayed to the Royal Devonshire Regiment. As a result, the ambushers became the ambushed and in the subsequent action two volunteers were killed.
Creator
Kilkenny County Council Library Service
Date
1921, photographed September 2020
Contributor
Declan Macauley
Rights
Protected by original copyright.
Photographs: Dylan Vaughan
Photographs: Dylan Vaughan
Format
jpeg
Type
Still Image
Coverage
Kilkenny County