The Kilmichael Ambush | November 28th 1920

The Irish Nation Lives

Two men are claimed to have been shot during the false surrender, not 3 as given here. The Kilmichael Ambush stands as one of the most famous actions of the War of Independence but remains shrouded in mystery. An audacious operation which boosted Republican morale and shocked the British government, debate continues over the false surrender alleged by Tom Barry and suggestions he had prisoners executed in cold blood. While the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, it continues to cause controversy 100 years on. If you are interested in purchasing any of the books used to research this episode, please consider using the affiliate links below to support the continued production of The Irish Nation Lives. References: Tom Barry - “Guerilla Days in Ireland” - https://amzn.to/2Jd2Cv9 D. M. Leeson - “The Black & Tans” - https://amzn.to/3fxHY4G Paul O’Brien - “Havoc” - https://amzn.to/2J7Crpf Meda Ryan - “Tom Barry” - https://amzn.to/2Jb0LXs W.H. Kautt - “Ambushes in the War of Independence” in “Atlas of the Irish Revolution” - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj From gunner to guerrilla - Tom Barry’s road to rebellion https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/from-gunner-to-guerrilla-tom-barry-s-road-to-rebellion-1.4192752 Distant Thunder - The Journal of the Irish Branches of The Western Front Association https://www.westernfrontassociation.com/media/9459/distant-thunder-issue-3.pdf Eve Morrison on the Kilmichael Ambush https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buVryG55kqs Kilmichael Revisited: Tom Barry and the ‘False Surrender’ https://www.academia.edu/40821390/Morrison_Kilmichael_Revisited_2012_ Letter: Insight into Peter Hart’s Methods https://www.southernstar.ie/news/letter-insight-into-peter-harts-methods-4144592 Social Media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/theirishnation Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheIrishNationLives/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theirishnationlives/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/theirishnationlives iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-irish-nation-lives Main Sources: Military Archives - http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie Century Ireland - https://www.rte.ie/centuryireland Diarmuid Lynch, Irish Revolutionary - http://diarmuidlynch.weebly.com/ The Auxiliary Division - https://theauxiliaries.com/ Atlas of the Irish Revolution - https://amzn.to/3npOEFj Maurice Walsh - “Bitter Freedom” - https://amzn.to/30Dtutx Charles Townshend - "The Republic" - https://amzn.to/33AJ0IC Michael Hopkinson - ”The Irish War of Independence” - https://amzn.to/2Sxif1l Diarmuid Ferriter - “A Nation and not a Rabble” - https://amzn.to/2SFUiF7 Ronan Fanning - “Fatal Path” - https://amzn.to/3lmswKq Richard Abbott - “Police Casualties in Ireland 1919 - 1922” - https://amzn.to/3lmsMJo Photos: Military Archives NLI Flickr account Wiki Commons