Soloheadbeg ambush


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Soloheadbeg ambush
The Soloheadbeg ambush was the ambush of a gelignite transport at SoloheadbegCounty Tipperary, Ireland, on 21 January 1919 in which two policemen were killed. It is considered to be the first engagement of the Irish War of Independence.

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