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The IRA force comprised almost 100 volunteers from counties Cork and Kerry, armed with rifles, hand grenades and a machine gun. Their target was a British Army convoy of three lorries, an armoured car and a touring car carrying Brigadier General Hanway Robert Cumming. The convoy was travelling from Killarney to Buttevant and comprised almost 40 soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment. The IRA are not believed to have sustained any casualties.

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  • Clonbanin Ambush
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  • The IRA force comprised almost 100 volunteers from counties Cork and Kerry, armed with rifles, hand grenades and a machine gun. Their target was a British Army convoy of three lorries, an armoured car and a touring car carrying Brigadier General Hanway Robert Cumming. The convoy was travelling from Killarney to Buttevant and comprised almost 40 soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment. The IRA are not believed to have sustained any casualties.
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Strength
  • 1(xsd:integer)
  • almost 100 volunteers
  • almost 40 soldiers
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Partof
  • the Irish War of Independence
Date
  • 1921-03-05(xsd:date)
Commander
map size
  • 300(xsd:integer)
Casualties
  • 4(xsd:integer)
  • 13(xsd:integer)
  • none
Result
  • IRA victory
combatant
Latitude
  • 52(xsd:double)
map marksize
  • 6(xsd:integer)
map type
  • island of Ireland
Place
  • Clonbanin, County Cork
Longitude
  • -9(xsd:double)
map relief
  • yes
Conflict
  • Clonbanin Ambush
abstract
  • The IRA force comprised almost 100 volunteers from counties Cork and Kerry, armed with rifles, hand grenades and a machine gun. Their target was a British Army convoy of three lorries, an armoured car and a touring car carrying Brigadier General Hanway Robert Cumming. The convoy was travelling from Killarney to Buttevant and comprised almost 40 soldiers of the East Lancashire Regiment. When the convoy entered the ambush position, IRA volunteers opened fire from elevated positions on both sides of the road. The three lorries and touring car were disabled, and the armoured car became stuck in the roadside ditch (although those inside fired from its machine guns). As Cumming jumped from his car, he was shot in the head and died instantly. The battle lasted slightly over an hour. As the IRA forces withdrew from one side of the road, a British officer and six soldiers attempted to flank the IRA on the other side. After a brief exchange of fire they retreated. The IRA are not believed to have sustained any casualties.
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