A small ceremony has taken place near Miltown Malbay today, on the 100th anniversary of the Rinnen Ambush.
The IRA attack on RIC forces gave rise to a number of reprisal attacks in one of the most significant events of the War of Independence up until that time.
This morning, a wreath was laid at a plaque marking the site of the ambush by Joe O’Neill, whose grandfather Ignatius O’Neill was the IRA commanding officer at the time.
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Chairperson of the Mid-Clare Commemoration Committee, Mary Crawford, says it was important that the event be marked, even if this could not be done in the usual way.
