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Soloheadbeg Ambush
1919 CE · Europe · War
The Soloheadbeg ambush took place on 21 January 1919, when members of the Irish Volunteers, ambushed Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) officers who were escorting a consignment of gelignite explosives at Soloheadbeg, County Tipperary. Two RIC officers were killed and their weapons and the explosives were stolen.
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