Jim Kirwan
Jim Kirwan Irish War of Independence victim, died January 1921.
Kirwan was a native of Balliastack, Corofin, County Galway. He was working in a field with a horse and cart, near his father. Upon hearing some shots, Kirwan's father ran to the site to find a large number of uniformed men around his son's body. They informed him that they had shot Jim in the act of running away. This occurred a short time after an ambush at Kilroe, and Kirwan was thought to resemble a participant in the ambush.
See also
- William Ó Ciardhubháin
- Frank Shawe-Taylor
- Tom Egan (murder victim)
- Michael Griffin (Irish priest)
- Seosamh Ó Dónalláin
References
- The History and Folklore of the Barony of Clare, Michael J. Hughes, c. 1993.
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