Qualla: Battle of Kilmallock https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:11 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Kilmallock https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock Battle of Kilmallock: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. Eoin O'Duffy thought his own men were 'a disgruntled, undisciplined and cowardly crowd.' He commanded them anyway, because there was nobody else, and because the men dug in along the hills above Kilmallock were among the toughest Irish Republicans the country could field - veterans of the War of Independence, comrades-in-arms in a struggle that had ended just months before, now turned by the Anglo-Irish Treaty into deadly opponents. For ten days between 25 July and 5 August 1922, in the rolling green country of south County Limerick, the Irish Free State Army and the anti-Treaty IRA fought each other across an actual front line. Trenches, armoured cars, eighteen-pound field guns. Brother shooting at brother. It was the only line battle of the Irish Civil War, and one of its largest.

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/gc3f-battle-of-kilmallock-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Kilmallock: After Limerick City Fell https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. The battle began as an attempt to finish what the fall of Limerick city had started. Anti-Treaty Republican forces under Liam Deasy had held the city for a week in mid-July 1922 before withdrawing south to regroup. They chose well. Bruff, Bruree and Kilmallock - three small towns...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/gc3f-battle-of-kilmallock-after-limerick-city-fell.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Kilmallock: Bruff and Bruree https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. The first clashes went badly for the National Army. On 23 July Free State forces took Bruff, advanced toward Kilmallock, and were beaten back twice by determined Republican resistance. The next day the Republicans counter-attacked, retook Bruff, and captured 76 Free State soldier...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/gc3f-battle-of-kilmallock-bruff-and-bruree.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Kilmallock: The Armoured Cars Strike Back https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. Deasy understood that Bruree was the key to Kilmallock. On 2 August he sent his three improvised armoured cars - hammered-together steel plate on commandeered lorry chassis, mounted with Lewis guns and trench mortars - to retake the town. They achieved tactical surprise. One car ...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/gc3f-battle-of-kilmallock-the-armoured-cars-strike-back.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Kilmallock: Kilmallock, Surrounded https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. By 3 August the National Army had 2,000 men around Kilmallock, with armoured cars and artillery. Another 700 arrived the next day with another field gun. By Saturday 5 August the town was encircled. Free State artillery three miles off shelled Republican positions on Kilmallock H...

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]]> Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/3/f/battle-of-kilmallock-wp/gc3f-battle-of-kilmallock-kilmallock-surrounded.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Kilmallock: What the Battle Meant https://qualla.com/battle-of-kilmallock/ Photo credit Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 3.0. The Free State took Kilmallock and the line collapsed. The remaining anti-Treaty fighters retreated toward Charleville and Cork; the National Army's southward push was held briefly at Newcastle West, then resumed. The conventional phase of the Irish Civil War was effectively over...

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