Ignatius O’Neill was born in Miltown Malbay, Co Clare in 1896. Ignatius fought in WW1 before returning to Ireland and joining the Irish Volunteers

Michael Joseph Hillery was born in 1889 in Miltown Malbay and joined the local company of the Volunteers in 1917. A practising doctor, he served as IRA Brigade Medical Officer during the War of Independence

On 20th July 1920, Seamus McMahon was one of a party who had been given the job of shooting a Black and Tan named Hoynes, whom he says had been making himself very objectionable by his truculent behavior in Ennistymon

A scarcity of arms and ammunition was a constant issue for the Mid Clare Brigade throughout the War of Independence as they faced the overwhelming strength of the Crown Forces.

Over a period of eleven months, RIC barracks situated in country districts had been experiencing attacks by members of our different units…The coming of June found the police sheltering behind their steel shuttered and sand bagged windows, watchful

Mickey a veteran of the Rineen ambush this piece was written by his daughter Netta Gardiner in 2011 (Aged 78).

In early 1920 the IRA and Dáil courts had begun to take control of large parts of Clare and the country as the British administration was losing the battle of two governments to Dáil Eireann. Fearing continued attack the R.I.C

James “Amy” Barron of Newpark House was born at Ardkyle, Sixmilebridge on the 2nd June 1891 and was one of five children born to Timothy “Thady” Barron and Ann Hehir. He spent some time in New York but he returned to Ireland to avoid the WWI draft

Unknown to the people of Miltown Malbay, the chaotic handling of the Mountjoy prison hunger-strike crisis by the British authorities in Dublin Castle in April 1920 would lead directly to disastrous consequences on the streets of their home town

From Moybeg, Lahinch. Lieutenant Lahinch Company. December 1920 appointed Captain and Adjutant 4th Battalion Mid Clare Brigade. A rifleman in the Rineen ambush he also took part in most of the major actions in the battalion area.

It is known that one New Zealand soldier served with the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Private Frederick James McKenna absconded from the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (NZEF) in July 1918,

Margaret Hennessy was born 21st February 1891, in Cloneyogan, Lahinch, to Michael and Bridget Hennessy, older sister to Comdt. Séamus and Vol. William Hennessy 4th Battalion. She was an active member of Moy Cumann na mBan and Conradh na Gaeilge

Battalion Commandant Andy O’Donohue recalls the attack,” Kilfenora R.I.C. barracks was one of the nearest police stations to the scene of the attack which I have last referred to (Sheshymore),

Commandant Sean Casey O/C 3RD Battalion Mid Clare Brigade was born 2nd January 1896, fourth eldest in a family of twelve children (ten boys and two girls) born to Patrick and Mary Casey of Rathkeane, Ruan. His occupation was a National School teacher.

The Moananagh ambush 6th July 1921 was the final engagement by the 4th Battalion Mid Clare Brigade before the Truce ending the War of Independence was called the following week 11th July

As the East Clare Brigade was busy trying to break the British spy network in Feakle the Mid Clare Brigade of the I.R.A. had found a republican sympathiser inside the R.I.C. garrison at Ruan who was willing to defect

“Soldiers of the Republic, today we are to avenge the death of Maurtine”

John Minihan was born in April 1890 at Ballykinacorra South, Corofin, Co. Clare. His parents James and Nora Minihan were butter merchants and publicans with a business premises beside Corofin West Clare Railway station

The knock on effect of De Valera’s successful East Clare election campaign in 1917 was an upsurge of support for Sinn Féin and the Irish Volunteers. This was especially so in the ranks of the Volunteers with recruiting

Frank Barrett officer commanding Mid Clare Brigade was born in Bearnageeha, Darragh, one of a family of sixteen, many of whom became influential in the struggle in Clare and nationally

THE body of British soldier Private George Duff Chalmers lay in a Miltown bog from the summer of 1921 until Tuesday, when it was exhumed

Martin Devitt was born in Cahersherkin, Ennistymon, on 3rd November 1894 to Michael and Anne Devitt, along with his four siblings Paddy,

The first armed clash with British forces in which I was engaged and, for that matter, the first engagement in the district between Lisdoonvarna and the Galway border, occurred on 3rd January, 1920

Crown Forces with tanks patrolling the area around Mount Callan towards Moy following the attack and raid for arms by the 4th Battalion Mid Clare Brigade on Colonel Tottenham’s Estate.

90th Anniversary Commemoration (26th Sept. 2010) of the Rineen Ambush by the 4th Battalion Mid. Clare Brigade 22nd September 1920. 32nd Reserve Infantry Battalion of the Reserve Defence Forces Guard of Honour being inspected by Tony Killeen TD