War of Independence - Clare

Padraig Og

Hello all,
Ive recently put together a website about the War Of Independence in the IRA's 1st Western Division in counties Clare and Galway. The web address is;

http://www.warofindependence.net

Its content includes eyewitness accounts of events, period photographs, history articles, accounts of ambushes and barracks attacks and an interactive map with photographs and diagrams showing where key events took place and the location of war memorials and war graves today.Several other local historians who specialise in the War of Independence and Civil War period are contributing articles to the site.

Thanks
Padraig Og O Ruairc

firesidechat

Padraig.
I have enjoyed many hours of reading up on our local history thanks to your imput.
Since i first came upon it a few weeks ago i have been knocking my brains trying to figure something out.. Hopefully you can answer it for me.
Where was the RIC barracks mentioned in the newmarket on fergus attack
located ?

Padraig Og

Hi fireside chat
Thats a good question. Is the Garda station in Newmarket-on-Fergus situated in an old building? If so that would be a likely canditate. If the building was burned down in the 1919-23 period it may have been demolished afterwards. Short answer is that I dont know off the top of my head - but the best thing to do is check its location on the 1911 Ordinance Survey maps they should be available in the local studies section of the Clare Library

Thanks for the compliments - keep checking the website because its updated every few weeks when new material comes in - oh and tell all yer pals about it!

Padraig

Padraig Og

If I can come up with its exact location ill let you know - and if you hear anything about John Reilly who was shot there let me know
Padraig

Denerick

Hi, interesting site! (A tad self promotional though but I think you deserve it...)

Padraig Og

Well theres a lot of free information there without promoting the sales of me book, none of the other contributors have published full books on the subject - when they do their ads will go up!

Thanks for the damning praise though!

emanresu

firesidechat wrote: »

... Where was the RIC barracks mentioned in the newmarket on fergus attack
located ?

Padraig Og wrote: »

... Thats a good question. Is the Garda station in Newmarket-on-Fergus situated in an old building? If so that would be a likely canditate. If the building was burned down in the 1919-23 period it may have been demolished afterwards. Short answer is that I dont know off the top of my head - but the best thing to do is check its location on the 1911 Ordinance Survey maps they should be available in the local studies section of the Clare Library...

Ordnance Survey maps can now be viewed online.

The present Garda Station on the Ennis Road is shown with a blue star on this modern map:
http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,539702,668034,5

and this historic map shows a "Police Bar." (Barracks) in the village, on the south side of the Ballycar Road:
http://ims0.osiemaps.ie/website/publicviewer/main.aspx#V1,539569,668150,7
Perhaps that was the RIC station at the time of the War of Independence.

emanresu

I have just realised that links default to the modern map,
even if a historic map was being used when the link was pasted.

So, for the second link above, just click on "HISTORIC" on the menu on the right hand side.

firesidechat

Thanks for that Emansrue.
So the barracks was across from where the church now stands.
I wonder was the bakery situated in the old barracks.

Denerick

Padraig Og wrote: »

Well theres a lot of free information there without promoting the sales of me book, none of the other contributors have published full books on the subject - when they do their ads will go up!

Thanks for the damning praise though!

David Fitzpatrick wrote a great book on co. Clare during the revolutionary years. Just sayin'

Padraig Og

"David Fitzpatrick wrote a great book on co. Clare during the revolutionary years. Just sayin' "

Yes he certainly did and theres some great information in his book "Politics and Irish Life"

Danny Mc Carthy also wrote a good book entitled "Ireland's Banner County - Clare From The Fall Of Parnell To The Great War" Ive asked Danny to write something for the site.

REPSOC1916

Excellent site.

Padraig Og

Thanks

birdman 1979

Great web site, a wealth of information. Nice to see this time period being remembered.

I wrote my collage disseration on Clare men that served in the First World War.