British Army (Essex Regiment) Royal Irish Constabulary (Auxiliary Division)
Irish Republican Army (3rd Cork Brigade)
Commanders and leaders
Arthur Percival
Tom Barry
Strength
1,200 British troops 120 Auxiliaries
104 volunteers
Casualties and losses
10 killed 5 wounded[1]
3–6 killed 3 wounded
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Location within island of Ireland
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Irish War of Independence
Timeline
Soloheadbeg
Knocklong
Holywell
Sack of Balbriggan
Rineen
Tooreen
Ballinalee
Piltown Cross
Tralee
Bloody Sunday (Dublin)
Kilmichael
Burning of Cork
Pickardstown
Drumcondra
Clonfin
Dromkeen
Upton
Clonmult
Coolavokig
Sheemore
Clonbanin
Kilfaul
Selton Hill
Burgery
Crossbarry
Headford
Scramoge
Tourmakeady
Kilmeena
Custom House
Carrowkennedy
Rathcoole
Coolacrease
Bloody Sunday (Belfast)
McMahon killings
Arnon Street killings
Dunmanway killings
The Crossbarry ambush, also known as the Battle of Crossbarry, occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence. It took place near the small village of Crossbarry in County Cork, about 20 km south-west of Cork city. About a hundred Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers, commanded by Tom Barry, escaped an attempt by about 1,200 British troops to encircle them. During the hour-long battle, ten British troops and three IRA volunteers were killed.
^Each British casualty mentioned in the inquest is listed here by name and with short biography Crossbarry Ambush, 19 March 1921 Archived 14 May 2019 at the Wayback Machine
The Crossbarryambush, also known as the Battle of Crossbarry, occurred on 19 March 1921 and was one of the largest engagements of the Irish War of Independence...
improved, bypassing the Crossbarryambush memorial. List of towns and villages in Ireland "Census Mapping - Towns: Crossbarry - Population Snapshot"....
most of the conflict and was responsible for the Kilmichael Ambush and CrossbarryAmbush. Charlie Hurley took command of the brigade during Tom Barry's...
a documentary titled Kilmichael – A Story of a Century. CrossbarryAmbush Carrowkennedy ambush Timeline of the Irish War of Independence "The Truth About...
Cork IRA unit fought an action against 1,200 British troops – the CrossbarryAmbush. Barry's men narrowly avoided being trapped by converging British...
fighters almost being encircled at the CrossbarryAmbush. Hurley himself was killed in this action. The Upton ambush was the subject of a popular 1960s Irish...
convicted of treason and executed following his participation in a failed ambush at Drumcondra on January 21, 1921. Edward Dorins Killed at Battle of Custom...
usually for between 10 – 30 minutes. The Kilmichael Ambush in November 1920 and the CrossbarryAmbush in March 1921 are the most famous examples of Barry's...
by the British Army & Auxiliary Division to encircle and trap them at Crossbarry. On 15 April 1921, Captain Roy Mackinnon, commanding officer of H Company...
adopted. At a top-level IRA meeting in August 1920, Brugha argued against ambushes of Crown forces unless there was first a call to surrender, but it was...
the city. Prominent actions included the Kilmichael Ambush in November 1920 and the CrossbarryAmbush in March 1921. The activity of IRA flying columns...
and were forced to go on the run. On 1 June, Keating was involved in an ambush between Castlemaine and Milltown which claimed the lives of five RIC men...
This is a list of ambushes carried out by the Irish Republican Army against the British armed forces and police. Melaugh, Martin. "Cain: Chronology of...
largest engagements of the conflict, such as the Kilmichael Ambush or CrossbarryAmbush constituted mere skirmishes by the standards of a conventional...
himself as "a soldier first and foremost"—took part in the Soloheadbeg ambush. The ambush party of eight men, led by Séumas Robinson, attacked two Royal Irish...
The Holywell ambush was an ambush on the Ballyhaunis to Claremorris road near Holywell in the early hours of Monday, 2 August 1920 carried out by the Irish...
unit's best known action, the CrossbarryAmbush in March 1921. His younger brother, Pat, died in action at the Kilmichael Ambush in November 1920, an engagement...
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