m  `."System- "System gll-"System--@Times New Roman---@Times New Roman--------- )2 q`cThe Clonbanin Ambush     ---  2 q(c  @Times New Roman--------- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology       ---  2 Sc  @Times New Roman------------ 2 `cThe IR   V2 2cA, under Sean Moylan, carry out a major ambush at                --- 2 7 cClonbanin  --- 2 c, Co   ------ p2 `CcCork. This ambush results in the deaths of four members of the BA.                  ---  2 }c  --------- 2 ` cMore Detail  ---  2 c  --- w2 '`HcThe ambushing party consisted of up to 100 men from Newmarket Battalion                      G2 <`(cColumn (under Sean Moylan), a section of             2 <c  :2 <cthe Kerry No. 2 Brigade Column            2 R`Nc(under Tom McEllistrim), a section of the Charleville Battalion Column (under                   k2 g`@cPaddy O'Brien) and the Millstreet Battalion Column (under Con J               2 }`cMeany).   2 }c   2 }c  s2 }Ec(The Newmarket, Charville and Millstreet battalions were part of the               2 `cCork   d2 ;cNo. 2 Brigade.) They ambushed a mixed convoy of BA and RIC                      2 `Pcconsisting of three lorries, an armoured car and a touring car at Clonbanin, Co                       R2 `/cCork (on the road between Rathmore and Mallow).               2 c   2 c   2 c   m2 `AcAccording to O'Donoghue, during the battle (which lasted a number                  2 hc  2 m cof hours),    Y2 `4c13 British soldiers were killed (including Brigadier              2 c- /2 cGeneral Hanway Cumming,       z2 `Jchead of the Kerry Brigade of the British Army) with none of the attackers                     2 &`ckilled.    2 &c   2 &c  v2 &GcLynch says it lasted an hour to an hour and a half and that 13 British                    2 ;` cArmy soldiers     2 ;c  42 ;cwere killed and 15 wounded.        2 ;c  2 ;c  72 ;cHowever, Hopkinson says that          J2 Q`*conly four were killed (including Cumming).            2 Qc   2 Qc  +2 QcThis is confirmed by     2 QR cOHalpin and       w2 f`Hc Corrin who give the names of the four BA soldiers killed as Cumming;                     ------ P2 |`.cHarold de Maligny, Private Harold Turner and P                .2 |crivate William Walker.     ---  2 |c  --- 2 `McIRA land mines failed to explode. The IRA had a Hotchkiss machine gun but it                      %2 `cjammed. The armo       2 cu  d2 ;cred car ran into the touring car and then sank in the soft                   z2 `Jcmargin of the road. However, the machine gun on the ditched armoured car                         2 `cprov   }2 Lced decisive in not allowing the IRA capture the British arms. Sheehan notes                      2 `Pcthat the BA casualties would have been far worse without the fire power of the                    q2 `DcRolls Royce [armoured car] and the armoured plating on the lorries.                   2 c  @Times New Roman------------------------ 22 7`c(O'Donnoghue gives March 3      --- 2 2Gcrd---  2 7Qc  2 7Vcas   2 7gc  22 7lcdate of ambush but March 5         --- 2 2Kcth---  2 7Tc  2 7Y cis on the    --- 2 M` cmemorial.)  ---  2 Mc  "Arial--ccbbaa