Kilfaul ( Irish: Coill Fháil) [1] is a townland in the civil parish of Ballyovey, in the historical barony of Carra in County Mayo, Ireland. [2] It was the site of the Kilfaul Ambush during the Irish War of Independence on 7 March 1921, when a lorry of soldiers of the Border Regiment were ambushed by two companies of the Irish Republican Army led by Tom Maguire. [3]
References
- ^ "Coill Fháil / Kilfaul". logainm.ie. Irish Placenames Database. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
- ^ "Kilfaul Townland, Co. Mayo". townlands.ie. Retrieved 9 August 2023.
- ^ Price, Dominic (2012). The Flame and the Candle. Collins Press. ISBN 9781848891364.
53°43′24″N 9°17′17″W / 53.72333°N 9.28806°W
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