Raids and Reprisals - British Reprisals
The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920
HE:EW.315
HE:EW.315
The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920
The Sack of Balbriggan, 21 September 1920. The town was destroyed when a group of Black and Tans from Gormanstown Military Barracks carried out a reprisal burning for the IRA killing of two policemen. Shows theruins of a factory at Balbriggan. Destroying factories not only terrorised the population, but also crippled the local economy.
Photograph by W.D. Hogan of 56 Henry Street, Dublin.
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