1921 Three IRA volunteers were killed and two others wounded in an abortive attack on a train carrying British soldiers at Upton, Co. Cork. Six civilian passengers were also killed and ten wounded in the crossfire. 1970 Eoin ‘the Pope’ O’Mahony (66), barrister, genealogist and raconteur, died. 1989 The Soviet–Afghan War ended after nine years. ... Read more
