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Republicans demolished the bridge leading into the town and fortified several buildings. Exhausted IRA reinforcements were brought in by train from Kilmallock By the evening of 8 August the IRA had been shoved out of Rochestown and driven back to Old Court Woods to the west. In the end 12 men
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in his home, upwards of 7 Anti-Treaty and 9 Pro-Treaty soldiers were killed. Remaining Anti-Treaty prisoners were taken to Cork. One of the fiercest areas of fighting, Old Court Woods at
Garryduff, is now a forested
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Dalton's amphibious attack on Cork on 8 August 1922. Dalton put ashore 456 men, an armoured car and an 18lb gun outside Cork. fter fighting at
Rochestown and Douglas, Cork fell to Dalton
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Saorstat victory by assaulting Cronin's Cottage on Belmonte Hill casualties were relatively high and seven out of 200 IRA and nine out of 456 NA soldiers were killed.
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Passage landings, they turned their home near Rochestown into a virtual field dressing station for both sides
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Ronayne's Court having a large early 17th century fireplace carved with an inscription recording that the house was built by John
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Clashes occurred around
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which was built in 1624, and described as the "oldest house near the Lee" prior to its demolition in the 20th century.
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Coleman, James (1912). "The oldest house near the Lee, being an account of
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line. Though closed in 1932, part of this line was developed into a walking route alongside
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509:"The Naval Forces of the Irish State, 1922-1977 (Thesis)"
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Ronayne's Court was built in 1624 and demolished in 1969
401:"The Founding of Rochestown College - A Brief History"
785:"Mount Oval Pharmacy, The Square, Mount Oval Village"
741:"Parish of Douglas and Rochestown - About the Parish"
431:"History - St. Francis College, Rochestown 1884-2006"
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