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‘Air Policing‘ : The Air War Over West Mayo 1918-1921.
Dr. Myles Mac Evilly. As early as April 1918 the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant and Military Commissioner in Ireland, Lord French, in a letter to Prime Minister Lloyd George during the Conscription Crisis, advocated the use of airpower, “ that ought to put the fear of God into those playful young Sinn Feiners 1 ( 1 […]
Dr John A. Madden, Belderrig Mor, Ballycastle Co. Mayo
In the Kilmeena ambush Dr. Madden was in a very dangerous position along a fence within range of the rifle grenades.
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