The North Galway Flying Column and the Moylough Ambush, 5 June 1921

Revolution in County Galway, 1918-23

Dr Conor McNamara, Historian-in-Residence, 2022

Details of the Volunteers who participated in the gun battle at Moylough, 5 June 1921.

Military Archives (Brigade Activity Report, MA/MSPC/A/28)

Moylough Castle: Moylough was a very small village on the outskirts of Mountbellew, from where the Volunteers lured members of the police garrison on 5 June.

Liam Murphy (WikiCommons)

A Comprehensive list of the activities of the North Galway Brigade was compiled by veterans of the Brigade in 1934 for the purposes of military pensions.

Military Pension (North Galway Brigade Activity Report, MSPC/MA/28)