`."System- "Systemgl܇ye-"System--@Times New Roman--- =2 x`!cThe Capture of Mallow BA Barracks            2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- |2 `KcIRA men from the Cork No. 2 Brigade, led by Liam Lynch and Ernie O'Malley,                        %2 `ccapture the only       2 cBA barracks    2 Acto be    L2 i+ccaptured during the War of Independence at                #2 `cMallow, Co Cork.       2 c   2 c  --------- 2 ` cMore Detail  ---  2 c   }2 `LcThere were about 15 British Army soldiers in the barracks (most had gone to                   P2 )`.cexercise their horses on the outside of town)             2 )c-  2 )c  /2 )cthere were about 20 IRA      2 )cmen   2 )c  2 )cin    2 >` cthe attacki     p2 >Ccng party with others covering the RIC barracks from the Town Hall.                     2 >c   s2 Z`EcSergeant William Gibbs of 17th (Duke of Cambridges Own) Lancers was                  t2 p`Fckilled during attack. A number of BA soldiers were taken prisoner but                    ,2 `csubsequently released.        2 c   2 c  22 cThe IRA captured a substan         /2 ctial amount of material         2 c-  2 c   2 `OcLynch says 27 rifles, 2 Hotchkiss light machine guns, boxes of ammunition, and                    2 `Pcother military material taken. Others who took part in the raid included Mallow                       v2 `GcBattalion IRA Volunteers Richard Willis and John Bolster (who were work               2 cing    #2 `cin the barracks)       2 c  2 cand   2 c  P2 .cPatrick MacCarthy (QM of Newmarket Battalion).             2 c   12 `cIn retaliation the Crown           2 "cF  M2 -,corces sack the town, burning many buildings               O2 `-cincluding both the large Cleeve creamery and               2 cthe   42 cTown Hall. Many residents        52 "`cleave their homes and sleep       P2 "4.coutdoor. One young mother, Hannah OConnell,          2 7`Mcwho spent the night in the grounds of the St Marys Catholic Church with her                       @Times New Roman--------------- w2 M`Hcinfant daughter, contracted an illness from which she died on October 15                 --- 2 Hcth--- 2 Mc.   _2 b`8cAnother woman, Mary Quirke, who was a widow and mother o                 2 bV cf fourteen     2 x`Mcchildren, also never recovered after spending the night in the grounds of St                        --------- D2 `&cMarys Church. She dies on November 8          --- 2 cth--- 2 c.   2 c   2 `OcAccording to O'Donoghue, the BA soldiers carrying out the reprisals were under                   M2 `,cthe command of officers and Hopkinson says t           52 chat "ironically" it was the        p2 `CcAuxiliaries who moved in to quell the violence by the British Army.                   2 vc    2 `c  --- 2 `cBack    2 c @Times New Roman---- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa