Attack on Ballylanders
Barracks
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East Limerick Brigade, IRA
attacks and capture Ballylanders RIC barracks, Co Limerick led by Vice-OC
Thomas Malone (Sean Forde).
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Detail
The
barracks was defended by five RIC men and the attacking party numbered about
60. The attackers broke a hole in the roof of the barracks and poured
paraffin into it - setting the barracks alight. The RIC subsequently
surrendered. A number of RIC weapons were captured and the barracks
destroyed.
One
IRA volunteer (Sean Meade) was seriously wounded but, after a considerable time,
he recovered. Among the IRA men were Tadgh Crowley, Edmond Tobin, Jack
McCarthy, Thomas Murphy, Sean O'Riordain, Donnacha O'Hannigan, Liam Scully and Peter Steepe
(who was a member of the Protestant sect, The Palantines).