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bullet casing / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916

Cartridge case, used in the Battle of Ashbourne, 28 April, 1916. Brass, base marked R- broad arrow -L- 12-VII, bore c..303, top crimped, length 2.4" and picked up that evening by Miss M. Adrien on the road from Rathgate.

 

field glasses / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916

Pair of field glasses used by the Fingal Volunteers at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. They were found hidden in a ditch after the action. The witness statement of Colonel Joseph V. Lawless, who fought with the Fingal Brigade at the Battle of Ashbourne, confirms that these field glasses belonged to...

 

rifle / Battle of Ashbourne, 1916

RIC carbine rifle. Captured from R.I.C. by Irish Volunteers at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Captured from Royal Irish Constabulary by Irish Volunteer Joseph Lawless at the Battle of Ashbourne, 1916. Events detailed in his witness statement to the Bureau of Military History. A brass plaque added...