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gun / Experimental, 1920

Experimental mortar or Big Gun, 1920. Made by Peadar Clancy and Dick McKee of the Headquarters Staff, Dublin Brigade, I.R.A. A metal tube mounted on a trestle. Described as the only piece of artillery used during the War of Independence. It was tried out by Captain Mat Furlong of the Dublin...

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