`."System- "System gl-"System--@Times New Roman--- +2 x`cThe Labbacally Ambush        2 x-c  @Times New Roman---@"Calibri--------- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology       ---  2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 2 ` cThere is an a    b2 :cmbush by the IRA on an RIC and BA convoy at Labbacally or                    ;2 ` cLabbacallee, near Glanworth, Co         2 ]cCork.    2 c   2 c  C2 %cODonoghue says three members of the         y2 `IcCrown Forces were killed (and four wounded). OHalpin and Corrin say                    y2 `Ictwo BA soldiers (Private Walter Gammon and Acting Corporal Ernst Hall of                     j2 `?cThe Buffs (East Kent Regiment)) were killed and others wounded.                2 fc  ---  2 "`c   2 >`cMo  2 >{ cre Detail   2 >c  --- y2 Z`IcThe RIC and BA convoy attacked by the IRA were returning from an inquest                     A2 p`$cinto the killing of Denis ODonnell           2 pvc   2 pc  2 pcSee Nov    2 pc- 2 pc23   2 pc- 2 pc20/4.    2 pc   }2 `LcThere are a few differences in the accounts of this ambush. OHalpin and                    J2 `*cCorrin say that it was carried out member           :2 cs of the ASU of the Cork No. 3            w2 `HcBrigade, led by Tom Barry, and supported by local Volunteers armed with                    2 `Mcshotguns. However, ODonoghues account says that it was carried out by the                  z2 `JcCastletownroche Battalion Column, Cork No. 2 Brigade led by Thomas Barry.                         2 `cHe  2 vc  J2 {*cmakes no mention of the Cork No. 3 column.               2 c   v2 `GcIn the account of this ambush by Thomas Barry in his BMH statement, he                       y2 )`Icmakes no mention of the ASU of the Cork No. 3 taking part in the ambush.                        q2 >`DcSimilarly, William Regan, in his BMH statement, does not mention the                  2 >c  2 >cCork    v2 T`GcNo. 3 ASU taking any part in the ambush. William Regan was V/C of the                      2 i`McCastletownroche Battalion Column. (Barry does mention that the East Limerick                       k2 `@cBrigade ASU was in the area but, unlike at the Kildorrey ambush                    2 Nc   2 Xc  2 [csee Aug   2 c- 2 c07   2 c-  2 `c20/2    2 c   2 c  &2 cthe East Limerick      L2 &+ccolumn does not take part in this ambush.)               2 }c   y2 `IcIn his BMH statement, Thomas Barry mentions that he gave assistance to a                     q2 `Dcyoung BA officer in the aftermath of the ambush and, when Barry was                     v2 `Gcsubsequently captured, the young lieutenant said that he had never seen                     2 c  2 cBarry    2 `cbefore.    2 c    2 `c  --- c2 )`cBack    2 )c @Times New Roman---c- @ !*+`- ---  2 B`c  "Arial--ccbbaa