Donal Hall: Ardee and the Irish Revolution 1912-1923

The killings of Tierney and O’Carroll on 30 November 1920 were not isolated events. As I point out in the new book, a campaign of assassination had become the dominant tactic in the War of Independence used by both sides– in November 1920 alone, Crown forces carried out about thirty similar killings, the IRA carried out about twenty-six - these figures exclude those who died on Bloody Sunday (21st November) or in the Kilmichael ambush (28th November).

Terrible as these killings were, which have dominated the narrative for a century, there is much more to

understand about Ardee and its environs in that era.

You can pick up a copy of the book at various locations around Ardee including Peter Callaghans Butchers and The Bliss Tearooms.