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Troubles / Provisional IRA question in Mayo.

6541 · 2022-01-10 23:36:01

Local folklore tells a story that some serving members of the RUC were down on a fishing trip to some Mayo lakes. Folklore says that they were ambushed in a botched PIRA attack somewhere near Islandeady. Folklore says the attack was unsuccessful and the local PIRA had to go on the back foot as Gardai went after local…

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Local folklore tells a story that some serving members of the RUC were down on a fishing trip to some Mayo lakes. Folklore says that they were ambushed in a botched PIRA attack somewhere near Islandeady. Folklore says the attack was unsuccessful and the local PIRA had to go on the back foot as Gardai went after local republicans. I have often heard this story, however I cannot find any news reports that confirm that this actually happened. Any Mayo bordies Know is this myth or reality ?

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#2 11-01-2022 7:02pm
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Never heard the story but would be interested in hearing any truth behind it.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/imagesofthe1970s/comments/5on6w0/islandeady_ambush_1973_attack_on_offduty_ruc/

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#4 16-01-2022 11:53am
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Amazing, thanks for that. @interlocked

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