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Raids and Reprisals - IRA Raids

Derailed cattle train, Dublin, 1920-1921

Derailed cattle train, Dublin, 1920-1921

Newspaper cutting snowing a derailed cattle train at Blanchardstown, Dublin. The train was blown up with dynamite by the IRA, having mistaken it for a troop train.

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Derailed cattle train, Dublin, 1920-1921 is located at:
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Reprisal burning, Mallow, January 1921


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Destroyed bridge, 1920-1921


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