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TODAY A DEFENCE Forces’ Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team destroyed a historical grenade that was found near the Soloheadbeg ambush monument in Co Tipperary.
Earlier today the “historical munition” was located while works were being carried out. Gardaí attended the scene and cordoned it off.
The assistance of the Irish Defence Forces was then requested, and EOD experts responded to the call out.
Just uncovered near the Solohead beg monument. The grenade was found by s digger driver on a road near Solohead. pic.twitter.com/IoK9jlL3Xu
— Tom Hennessy (@Tomhennessy20) September 22, 2023
They carried out an initial assessment, and determined that the device was stable and therefore they were able to move it to a safe location.
It was then destroyed in a “controlled demolition”, a Defence Forces spokesperson has said.
“This operation has concluded and all elements are back in barracks”, they added.
A local historian who observed the removal operation had hoped that the grenade could be “preserved for a museum”, but it was ultimately destroyed.
The Soloheadbeg Ambush is widely seen as the event which sparked the Irish War of Independence.
It took place on 21 January 1919 in Tipperary.
Dan Breen, Seán Treacy, Seán Hogan and other members of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the Irish Volunteers ambushed a contingent of RIC officers at Soloheadbeg who were escorting a consignment of explosives.
Two RIC officers were killed, and their explosives and weapons were stolen. It happened on the same day that the Irish parliament met and declared Ireland’s independence – though the two events were not connected.
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We could do with Dan Breen, Seán Tracy and Seán Hogan now. They wouldn’t stand back and let our Globalist government destroy our nation.
@Staker Wallace: our nation isn’t being destroyed, and no amount of lies from racists and nazis changes that reality.
@Peter Barnwallace: not destroyed no, but you don’t introduce Green taxes in the middle of a cost of living crisis, and make the 2 senior parties of the coalition you belong to roll back on promises of keeping VAT and excise cuts for as long as they are needed.
@Peter Barnwallace: Be quiet. You’re on here all day everyday, while I’m out working to pay your dole.
@Joe x: sure imminent climate collapse will wait until we have favourable economic conditions
@Justin Mcnulty: There are families in this country who can barely afford a pint of milk and all the Greens in this country have done added cost to most people’s lives. Are you truly happy to support a party that has done more damage to the enviroment by turning more people against the Green movement that any oil company could ever hope to do….and if you do, all you have proven is the comntempt you hold your fellow man in.
@Staker Wallace: I’ve never been on the dole, nor ever will be lad
@Peter Barnwallace: You should be. God bless the people you work with, Id say they secretly despise your very existence. “Barnwallace” LOL, what a dreadful fake surname.
@Staker Wallace: Spot on. Those lads stood up and fought against the most powerful empire in the world at the time. No comparison whatsoever with the abject sleveens who “lead” the country at the moment.
@Staker Wallace: think it’s time 4 a bigger tinfoil hat. Ur seems to b getting tight.
@Staker Wallace: anyone who knows their history knows that a lot of what Dan Breen said , often bugging himself up, must be taken with a pinch of salt . He was more of a bullet sponge than a leader who actually carried out successful attacks. Robinson was the ringer leader not Breen. So, you are advocating for violence ? A wannabe barstool Republican are ya ? BRING BACK SPECIAL BRANCH’s The Heavy Gang or even the Broy Harriers , one group that the Provos and the earlier version of the IRA dreaded . Put manners on your notions
@Staker Wallace: Dan Breen was only good for getting shot . Mad for bullets . His record isn’t all that compared to the fame he gained and the tall stories about his involvement and the credit he gave himself over other men such as the forgotten Seamie Robinson . Hogan ? Jesus , one decent attack and nothing else from him. Tom Barry , another one who gets accused rightly or wrongly for taking far too much credit over other men in his battalion, was spot on when he protested how pointless the whole Witness Statement programme was if it meant men would write their claim of their involvement without it being challenged and contested in any way . (The plan was to collect the statements and close for years later )
@Joe x: So, hang on, despite how unpopular you feel such a tax is ; you and others like you advocate for gun men or men of violence , who had no mandate (at the time) take the undemocratic route to overrule a government that has a democratic mandate of the people ? Really ? Maybe it’s you and your kind that needs to be taken down a quite country lane with no return .
@Joe x: that’s just lies ! Exaggerated rubbish . A litre of milk can easily be obtained for under €2 ! Whoever is struggling to pay that ought to lay off the rags and booze and other unnecessary things and get a proper paying job
@Corey Dalton: lol. I always love it when Gombe end start waffling about Irish history only to highlight their pig ignorance of that history. Dan Breen was a useless TD with Fianna Fáil , and did little standing up when his own party turned in the later edition of the IRA . Did nothing for the people in his 40 years of politics . Held admirable views on Vietnam and Spanish civil war (siding with Republicans) but then contradicted that view with blatant Pro Axis sympathy and expressed sorrow that the newly formed and openly fascist party Ailtirí na hAiséirghe failed to win seats . Keep your trap shut , let’s have some mystery as to the levels of your ignorance .
@Christy Dolan: care to tell me where I personally advocated for gunmen? Well.? I never said that I agreed with Stalker, but I didn’t agree with Peter’s comment at all, which is whobI replied to.
@Christy Dolan: there are people who this winter will have to make the decision between food and heat. Whether to buy a bag of coal or a pint of milk. Your claim on the cost of the litre of milk..fair enough because that is what a litre is but it is a decision many have to make due to extra costs that have been imposed by the Greens that has put that out of reach of many families unless they sacrifice something else. What your comment reminds me of is another commentator who claimed that the carbon tax was a “paltry” amount but such things are only paltry amounts if they can be afforded, which for many they cannot. As to telling these people about laying of the drink, you think they are out drinking as they try their home together… cop yourself on man and maybe lay off it yourself. That was an elitist remark if ever I saw one. So I’m going to ask you the very same question I asked Justin further up….
Are you truly happy to support a party that has done more damage to the enviroment by turning more people against the Green movement that any oil company could ever hope to do?
RIP the Journal. Comments closed on most articles. A sad state of affairs. Terrorified of people’s opinion.
@Four Aces: Terrified perhaps? Is that the word you were looking for?
Stories about historical grenades found in a stable condition are blown up out of all proportion
@Larry Betts:
Comments are çlosed on 6 of the last seven articles. I understand why on 2. Not on the pope one. Or on the tax one.
Story Journal?
@lastfewchocices: the Tax one is probanly closed because while Varadker wants these cuts, you can be sure Ryan will want an increase elswhere….after all, it’s at his insistance that the VAT returns to it’s normal rate at the end of the month on electricity. It’s probably why they are all cutting the tariffs, so they don’t get the blame when we notice our electricity costs have not actually dropped!
@Joe x: I don’t get why the greens are getting all the blame for this. In my opinion FFG are playing a blinder they can introduce whatever tax they want and people will blame the greens and next election everyone will suddenly forget things like the LPT being introduced. Don’t get me wrong I’m no fan of some of the stuff the greens are doing but they are the part of a coalition and the blame should be laid at the door of all 3
@lastfewchocices: The point of the Journal is to allow comments which equals freedom of speech. Why are so many articles have comments closed? These are not matters that are an judice. Any possibility of a response?
@Martin Mongan: you are correct in that the Greens are taking most of the blame, especially when the other 2 are too cowardly to say no to whatever the Greens demand, for fear the Greens will pull out of Government and force an early election. But the blame still is not misplaced as the Greens know they have the other 2 parties over a barrel and are the ones that are making demands that the other 2 think they dare not refuse, putting the people of the country under extra hardship
@Martin Mongan: Sorry Martin, didn’t address your last point, it will hopefully be placed at the door of all 3 parties, but the other 2 will lose for allowing the junior party to call the shot….basically for being cowards and not calling the Green’s bluff.
@lastfewchocices: The pope one was clearly closed because it concerns immigration and him whinging about why Europe should actually have an immigration system ; not to mention that simple “trying to have a better life” is not necessarily grounds for claiming persecution (refugee status) . He conflates economic migrants with genuine claims ; something most Algerians and Nigerians and South Africans (the more common source for our current lot ) are not .
@Martin Mongan: nah, the joys of having a junior party . So desperate to be in power , they will take it . Someone has to be the punching bag , it’s not like they have any notions of re- election .
@Tony Peacock: where does it say that the purpose of that this private company is to facilitate free speech or any comments ? Their aim is to highlight the news . Free speech laws only concern your relationship with the State . Private companies don’t have to tolerate free speech on their platforms . The typical comments sections that get closed cover stuff that is before the court or likely to go before the courts . They are also vigilante when it’s stories and opinion pieces on topics that they wish to peddle but aren’t popular eg immigration and the gays ; which might result in headbangers utter stuff that might be genuinely fall into the incitement to hatred territory. The journal is entitled to look out for their commercial interests and won’t want that stuff attached to them .
Must have belonged to the good IRA
@Shaun Gallagher: just the original and all armies have their origins
A controlled demolition the damage that could do to the environment,where was Eamon he could have made it implode himself
Likely a Mills bomb.A grenade the size of a small pineapple used for knocking out tanks.
@Niall Sheridan: Thanks for that. Just looked one up. Fascinating. I love the metric you applied too. It made me imagine you using pineapples of varying proportions to describe the size of all the things you come across ;-)
@Niall Sheridan: Mills bomb was a fragmentation grenade to use against enemy soldiers. It would have no effect whatsoever against a tank. And I don’t think there were any tanks in Ireland at the time anyway.
It was a piece of history, should be left there, otherwise how would people know about grenades?
@Diarmuid Hunt: The anti-grenade mob won’t be happy until all propellent explosives are done away with. Sad thing is that most of their grandparents were probably employed by grenades at some stage. How quickly we forget
No reason to preserve it. It’s a grenade. So what.
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