Battle of Glendalough (Irish Civil War)

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Imelda Conway Duffy
Interviewed for MAOHP - 23/08/2016
Reference Code: IE_MA_MAC_006_MAOHP_019_F
Location(s): Glendalough
Length: 2.40

In this clip, Imelda speaks about her relation Tom Cullen who was involved in a shootout at a hotel in Glendalough during the Irish Civil War, where he was shot in the spine. Cullen was on the National Army side in the action. Imelda states that three months after the Battle of Glendalough, Cullen arrested Erskine Childers at Glendalough House, from where he was taken and later executed. She also notes that he counted this as the greatest regret of his life.

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