File:Lord French Ambush (17069060140).jpg

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English: The car in which Lord French was ambushed: sergeant pointing out bullet hole.

On 19 December 1919: The IRA attempted to assassinate the British Lord Lieutenant Lord French. The attack was carried out at Ashtown, in County Dublin. The IRA had been trying to assassinate Lord French for about three months. The IRA ambush party consisted of Mick McDonnell, Tom Kehoe, Martin Savage (killed in the action), Sean Tracey, Seamus Robinson, Sean Hogan, Paddy Daly (leader), Vincent Byrne, Tom Kilkoyne, Joe Leonard, and Dan Breen.

Two Dublin Metropolitan Policemen (D/Sgt Halley and Constable O'Loughlin), the driver of the second car (McEvoy) and one of the attackers (Dan Breen) were wounded.　

The LK registration must have been an import from the UK.

Photographer: W. D. Hogan

Collection: [#//catalogue.nli.ie/Author/Home?author=Hogan-Wilson%20Collection Hogan-Wilson Collection ],

Date: A day or two after 19th December 1919

NLI Ref.: HOGW 125

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Camera location53° 22′ 19.75″ N, 6° 19′ 54.8″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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