Jim Kirwan

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Who is Jim Kirwan?

Jim Kirwan Irish War of Independence victim, died January 1921.

Kirwan was a native of Balliastack, Corofin, County Galway. He was working in a field with a horse and cart, near his father. Upon hearing some shots, Kirwan's father ran to the site to find a large number of uniformed men around his son's body. They informed him that they had shot Jim in the act of running away. This occurred a short time after an ambush at Kilroe, and Kirwan was thought to resemble a participant in the ambush.

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on July 23, 2013

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