y  `."System- "System{gllob-"System--@Times New Roman--- %2 x`cAmbush in Fermoy        2 xc   2 xc  2 xcthe   2 x1 cWesleyan Raid     2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- +2 `cAttack by the IRA on        _2 8cBritish Army soldiers on route to church in Fermoy, Co.                2 `cCork    2 c   2 c  2 cone   2 c  2 cBA   2 c  J2 *csoldier (Private William Jones) is killed.          2 c   2 c   2 c  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- n2 `BcODonnoghue says that the attack was carried out by Fermoy Battali                2 d con of Cork      y2 +`IcNo. 2 Brigade of the IRA led by Larry Condon and Liam Lynch (who was O/C                       52 A`cof the Cork No. 2 Brigade).          2 A=c    2 i`cAccording to O      2 ic 2 i cDonoghue,   D2 i;&cthe attack was on 15 BA soldiers with              2 imco  2 iwcne  2 icBA   g2 ~`=csoldier (Pte. William Jones of Kent Light Infantry regiment)                 2 ~9ckilled, three     h2 `>cwounded and fifteen rifles captured (ODonnoghue (1986), pg 50            2 M c). Townshend       ;2 ` cdiffers slightly in the details.         2 9c   2 <c  :2 AcHe says it was an attack on 18          2 *cBA  #2 Jcsoldiers of the       2 `ScShropshire Light Infantry, that 13 rifles were captured and four soldiers injured.                      Y2 `4c(Townshend 1975, pg 30). However, in a later book,               .2 cTownshend says that it        2 `cwas   w2 Hcthe East Kent Regiment, that there were 15 soldiers and one soldier got                   2 `Nckilled (Townshend (2014), pg 105). OHalpin and Corrin say that Jones was                   @Times New Roman------ 2 `cin the    2 cBA   2 c 2 cs  M2 ,cKings (Shropshire Light Infantry) regiment.           ---  2 c  --- \2 =`6cThere were about thirty men in the IRA attacking party                2 =c  /2 =cbut only six were armed        }2 R`Lc(all with revolvers). Townshend also says that Lynch only got GHQ approval                     w2 g`Hcon the basis that there would be no loss of life. Eight local men were                  ,2 }`csubsequently arrested         2 }c-  2 } c  [2 }5cfour of whom were involved in the ambush which shows                 2 `cthat t  2 che RIC     2 c  +2 chad some knowledge of       2 sc  +2 wcthe local Volunteers        2 c   2 c  )2  csee Sheehan (2017),     ------ j2 `?cpg 73. One of the men arrested was Michael Fitzgerald (see Aug                 2 [c- 2 ac16   2 uc- 2 {c20/2).  ---  2 c  --- 2 `cBack    2 c   2 c @Times New Roman---- @ !*`- "Arial--ccbbaa