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In modern times, Dromkeen was well known for its ballroom of romance, "The Oyster
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Major-General Liam Hayes (born 28 July 1892 - died 10 February 1959) Kilteely IRA, volunteer and injured in the
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force of about 40 ambushed two lorries carrying between them thirteen Black and Tan police officers. Two of these managed to escape, but the other eleven were killed. It was one of the larger operations carried out by the IRA during the War of
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weekly Sunday night dance where the leading showbands of the day played on a regular basis. In 2015, the ballroom burned to the ground.
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