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Battle of Kilmallock
Part of the Irish Free State offensive during the Irish Civil War
National army troops in Bruff, July 26 1922
Date
25 July–5 August 1922
Location
Kilmallock and surrounding countryside, County Limerick
The Battle of Kilmallock took place between 25 July and 5 August 1922 in County Limerick, Ireland. It was one of the largest engagements of the Irish Civil War.
It consisted of ten days of fighting in the countryside round Kilmallock in County Limerick, in which Irish Free State Army forces, advancing south from Limerick city, found their path blocked by anti-Treaty IRA troops, dug into a number of villages at Bruff, Bruree and Patrickswell. The fighting ended with the retreat of the anti-Treaty fighters and the occupation of Kilmallock by Free State forces.
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