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Rineen ambush

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British Army in the Irish War of IndependenceBritish war crimes during the Irish War of IndependenceConflicts in 1920History of County ClareMass murder in 1920Massacres committed by the United KingdomMilitary actions and engagements during the Irish War of IndependenceMilltown MalbayPolice misconduct during the Irish War of IndependenceRoyal Irish ConstabularySeptember 1920 eventsUse Hiberno-English from August 2020

The Rineen ambush was an ambush carried out by the Mid Clare Brigade of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 22 September 1920, during the Irish War of Independence. The attack took place at Drummin Hill in the townland of Drummin, near the hamlet of Rineen (or Rinneen), County Clare. The IRA's Mid-Clare Brigade attacked a Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) lorry, killing six officers. Shortly afterwards, the IRA encountered ten lorry-loads of British Army soldiers, who had been sent out on a separate patrol looking for a missing magistrate. However, the IRA held off this attack long enough to flee the scene in an orderly retreat and sustained only two wounded.In reprisal for the ambush, the RIC Auxiliaries and British military raided three local villages, killed five civilians and burnt 16 houses and shops in the surrounding area.

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