8  `."System- "Systemglxe-"System--@Times New Roman--- 2 x` cRineen Ambush      2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- t2 `FcAn RIC tender is ambushed at Rineen, Co Clare (between Ennistymon and                       @Times New Roman--------------- .2 `cMilton Malbay) by the 4      --- 2 !cth---  2 *c   2 /cBattalion, Mid      2 c- (2 cClare Brigade, IRA.       2 Dc   2 Ic  2 N cThe ambush     @Times New Roman--------- P2 `.cleads to the deaths of six members of the RIC.               2 c   2 c ---  2 c  --- s2 `EcEarlier Resident Magistrate Alan Cain Lendrum was shot by the IRA at                    (2 `cDoonbeg, Co. Clare.       2 c   2 c  ---  2 )`c   2 E` cMore Detail    2 Ec  --- b2 a`:cAll the RIC men in the tender were killed. The RIC men kil               2 a- cled were one     w2 v`HcSergeant (Michael Hynes) and five constables: Reginald Hardman, Michael                   y2 `IcHarte, John Hodnett, Michael Kelly and John Maguire. Except for Hardman                 2 `Nc(who was from London and had less than three months service in the RIC), the                   )2 `cothers killed were I     2  crish born.      2 Mc   2 `NcIt was claimed that Constable Harte, who got out of the lorry when wounded in                      2 `Ncthe opening salvo and tried to crawl towards the nearby shore, was discovered                         =2 `!cby the IRA and shot when unarmed.           2 ~c   2 c   2 c  --------- M2 `,cThe ambush was carried out by men from the 4             --- 2 cth---  2 c  2 cBattal   2 cion, Mid    2 Kc-  2 QcClare brigade      O2 /`-cled by Ignatius O'Neill (Battalion O/C and ex            2 /c- :2 /csoldier with the Irish Guards,           2 E`cBritish Army).     2 Ec   2 Ec  b2 E:c[Hopkinson says that they were led Sean Liddy but this is                 82 Z`cunlikely as he was O/C of West          2 ZNc- R2 ZT/cClare brigade and the ambush took place in the               ------------ 2 p`carea    2 pc  2 pcof the 4   --- 2 kcth---  2 pc  )2 pcBattalion of the Mid        2 ppc- "2 pvcClare Brigade.]      2 pc   2 pc ---  2 pc  --- 2 `McThe RIC tender had passed through the ambush site in the morning but was let                      2 `Pcthrough as it was wrongly thought that there were three tenders in the patrol.                  S2 `0cThe ambush took place when the tender made it re            22 cturn journey from Miltown           v2 `GcMalby. The IRA retrieved six rifles, six revolvers and 3000 rounds of                 ;2 ` cammunition and burnt the tender.          2 ic   }2 `LcThere were approximately sixty men in the ambushing party but only nine had                       2 `crifles.  2 c   2 c  =2 !cAmong the men who took part were        ;2  cSeamus Hennessy, Peter Vaughan,         }2 )`LcDan (Dave?) Kennelly, Steve Gallagher, Michael O'Dwyer, Michael Curtin, Pat                  s2 >`Ec(Pake) Lehane, Sean Burke, Lehane, Dan Lehane, Donal Lehane, Patrick                    w2 T`Hc(Patso) Kerin, Anthony Malone, John Joe Neylon, Owen Nestor, Tom Burke,                   2 i`cAlphons  n2 iBcus ONeill, Ned Lynch, Michael OKeefe, Pat Frawley, Pat McGough,             L2 `+cDave Kennelly, John Crawford and Ned Hynes.            2 c   2 c  ,2 cThomas Moroney was in         z2 `Jccharge of the scouts, one of whom was John Clune (who cycled into Milltown                     2 c-  P2 `.cMalbay to check when the tender would return).               2 c   2 c   2 c   2 `QcAfter the attack on the tender, the IRA had not fully withdrawn when the British                       2 `Ocmilitary, consisting of about 150 soldiers, arrived on the scene (they were on                     2 ` ctheir way to     2 cthe   >2 "csite of the capture of RM Lendrum            2 c   2 c  2  csee below).    2 ]c   2 bc  2 gcThe IRA   "Arial--ccbbaa