`."System- "System glVF-"System--@Times New Roman--- (2 x`cThe Rathmore Ambush        2 x#c  @Times New Roman--- &2 `cIntroduction from      2 cChronology     2 Sc  @Times New Roman------------ (2 `cAt Bog Road, a half      2 c- 2 cmile from  --- 2 NcRathmore   --- =2 !c, Co Kerry, the IRA ambush a nine            2 c-  }2 `Lcman party of RIC men, who were lured to the spot by the body of a suspected                       @"Calibri--------- y2 `Icinformer. This ambush results in the deaths of eight of the nine RIC men.                     ---  2 c  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- 2 `cThe  22 calleged informer was an 80          2 Oc- 2 Ucyear    2 vc- L2 |+cold itinerant called Thomas [O]Sullivan.            2 )`PcIRA sources that he was identified as an informer with the assistance of two BA                      2 >` cdeserters   2 >c   2 >c  e2 ><cGeorge Mottley and Jack Steer. Andy Cooney, who was a GHQ                 72 T`corganiser with Kerry No. 2 Br        [2 TC5cigade at this time, claimed to have set up a test to             2 i`Ocensure that the deserters were correctly identifying the informer. After they                   |2 ~`Kcidentified him, [O]Sullivan was court martialled and sentenced to death.                     ------ U2 `1cFollowing his execution, his body was placed by t               )2 che side of the road.       2 c  2 c ---  2 c  --- }2 `LcA party of nine RIC men come out of Rathmore to investigate the body at the                        2 `Ncside of the road. As the RIC men gather around the body, they are fired on by                       y2 `Ictheir ambushers. This results in the deaths of eight RIC men (Sgt Thomas                      2 `cMcCor  m2 Acmack, Constable Walter Brown, Constable William Clapp, Constable                  y2 `IcRobert Dyne, Constable Alfred Hillyer, Constable James Phelan, Constable               L2 `+cSamuel Watkins, Constable Hedley Woodcock).              2 c   2 c  72 cThe IRA capture eight rifles       M2 1`,cand a considerable amount of ammunition. Co             22 1cnstable Hickey is the one        .2 F`csurvivor of the ambush.          2 Fc   2 F"c   2 F'c   t2 b`FcAccording to ODonoghue and Abbott, this ambush was a joint operation                     t2 x`Fcbetween the Cork No. 2 and Kerry No. 2 Brigades. However, Hopkinson,                    _2 `8cMacEvilly and OHalpin & Corrin make no mention the                 "2 @cinvolvement of       2 `McCork No. 2. MacEvilly states that Cooney was delighted with the success of                     }2 `Lcthis operation, which he had planned but in which he had not taken part.                        2 c   2 `PcIn retaliation, the Crown Forces burn five houses in the vicinity of the ambush                         2 `cand Rat   "2 chmore creamery.      2 "c   82 `cFor more on Mottley and Steer         2 Yc   2 cc  2 hcsee Jun   2 c- 2 c04   2 c- 2 c21/6.    2 c   y2 "`IcSix of the eight RIC men killed were from England with between three and                   @Times New Roman------ @2 8`#ceight months service with the RIC.        ---  2 8wc  ---  2 Q`c  --- c2 p`cBack    2 pc @Times New Roman---c- @ !*r`- "Arial--ccbbaa