Coolavokig ambush

Coolavokig ambush
	Part of the Irish War of Independence
Date	25 February 1921
Location	Coolavokig, County Cork, Ireland51°55′30″N 9°06′18″W / 51.925°N 9.105°W
Result	IRA victory
Belligerents
Irish Republican Army; (1st Cork Brigade)	Royal Irish Constabulary; (Auxiliary Division)
Commanders and leaders
Seán O'Hegarty	Major Seafield Grant †
Strength
62 volunteers; 2 Lewis guns	70 soldiers; 7 constables
Casualties and losses
none	3 dead (RIC sources); 14–16 Auxiliaries dead (IRA sources)
	class=notpageimage\| Location within island of Ireland

The Coolavokig ambush (Irish: Luíochán Chúil an Bhuacaigh) was carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 25 February 1921, during the Irish War of Independence. It took place at Coolavokig, on the road between Macroom and Ballyvourney, County Cork. A 60-man flying column of the IRA's 1st Cork Brigade under Seán O'Hegarty, ambushed a 70-man convoy of the Auxiliary Division under Major Seafield Grant, sparking a four-hour battle. Ten Auxiliaries were killed, including Major Grant, and others wounded.^[1] The IRA column left the area when British reinforcements arrived. After the ambush, British forces stopped carrying out raids and patrols in the area.

^ Mr C Brown in (ed.) T O'Reilley, "Our Struggle For Independence" (Cork 2009), pp.40-49.

[1] Mr C Brown in (ed.) T O'Reilley, "Our Struggle For Independence" (Cork 2009), pp.40-49.

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