Pictured are members of ONE’s Cobh Branch who provided the Honour Guard on Sunday 18th February 2024, for the mass before the commemoration of the Battle of Clonmult.

Also pictured are members of ONE’s Cork City Branch with the Mayor of the County of Cork Cllr Frank O’Flynn, who joined for a photo at the memorial for the Battle of Clonmult.

The Battle of Clonmult, near Middleton, Co. Cork, will always be remembered as the biggest single loss of lives the IRA suffered in any engagement with British Crown Forces during the entirety of the War of Independence.

In 2022, Sean O’Riordan / Irish Examiner looked back at the ambush, here: https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40225961.html

Highly recommended reading is Defence Forces Veteran Tom O’Neill’s ‘The Battle of Clonmult: The IRA´s Worst Defeat’

Tom O’Neill worked as the facilities manager on Spike Island with the Prison Service from 1989 – 2003. When Spike opened as a heritage centre he set himself the task of researching the 1921 prison. He is the author of The Battle of Clonmult and has an MA in History from University College Cork.

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