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Visit 16 local sites from the Irish War of Independence, over an 80 minute walk. See location of ambushes where the Cobh rebel volunteers took on the might of an Empire.

Visit the safe houses where national rebel leaders, like Pearse, Connolly, Casement and De Velara stayed, and see training halls, barracks and places of detention.

View the anchor of the German arms ship the 'Aud' which was scuttled and sank outside Cobh harbour on Good Friday 1916. Join our tour and learn all about Cobh's A Company of the 4th Battalion IRA.

See the local ambush site where Lord French the supreme commander of all British military forces in Ireland escaped with his life. Cobh - where the revolutionary republican guerrilla war in East Cork began, and was led from. The tour will proceed at a leisurely pace, will stop at sites and buildings and will allow for guest engagement through questions/answers and related chat.

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