Recently on the show we celebrated the centenary anniversary of the Rineen Ambush. However, Clare’s involvement in the War of Independence was far-reaching. The IRA Volunteers of County Clare were pioneers of the tactics of guerilla warfare. In 1919, with the moral support of Dr. Michael Fogarty, Catholic Bishop of Killaloe, they took on the vastly superior forces of the Crown. Through their successful ‘hit-and-run’ tactics, the IRA undermined and paralysed British rule in the county until the truce finally came on July 11th 1921.
Historian, Dr. Joe Power, has written a comprehensive account of the the role of the men and women of Clare in the national conflict and he joined Gavin Grace on Monday’s Morning Focus to chat more about it.
