instance_of carrowkennedy ambush
Ireland ( Ulster - Scots : ) is an ___MASK92___ in the North Atlantic . It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel , the Irish ___MASK16___ , and St George ' s Channel . Ireland is the second - largest ___MASK92___ of the British Isles , the third - largest in Europe , and the twentieth - largest on Earth . Irish republicanism is an ___MASK59___ based on the belief that all of Ireland should be an independent ___MASK90___ . The development of nationalist and democratic sentiment throughout Europe in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries was reflected in Ireland in the emergence of republicanism , in opposition to British rule . This followed hundreds of years of British conquest and Irish resistance through rebellion . Discrimination against Catholics and Non - conformists , attempts by the British administration to suppress Irish culture , and the belief that Ireland was economically disadvantaged as a result of the Act of Union were among the specific factors leading to such opposition . Westport ( historically anglicised as " Cahernamart ") is a ___MASK5___ in ___MASK63___ Mayo in Ireland . It is at the south - east corner of Clew ___MASK45___ , an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean on the west coast of Ireland . The Irish ___MASK53___ or Anglo - Irish War or the Tan War was a guerrilla war fought from 1919 to 1921 between the Irish Republican Army ( IRA , the army of the Irish ___MASK90___ ) and the British ___MASK50___ forces in Ireland . It was an escalation of the Irish revolutionary period into armed ___MASK33___ . An ___MASK96___ is a long - established ___MASK17___ tactic in which combatants take advantage of concealment and the element of surprise to attack unsuspecting enemy combatants from concealed positions , such as among dense underbrush or behind hilltops . Ambushes have been used consistently throughout ___MASK24___ , from ancient to modern warfare . In the 20th century , an ___MASK96___ might involve thousands of soldiers on a large scale , such as over a choke point such as a mountain pass , or a small guerrilla band or insurgent group attacking a regular armed force patrol . Modern warfare is warfare using the concepts , methods , and ___MASK17___ technology that have come into use during and after World War II . The concepts and methods have assumed more complex forms of the 19th - and early - 20th - century antecedents , largely due to the widespread use of highly advanced information technology , and combatants must modernize constantly to preserve their battle worthiness . Although total war was thought to be the form of international conflicts from the experience of the French Revolutionary Wars to World War II , the term no longer describes warfare in which a belligerent use all of its resources to destroy the enemy ' s organized ability to engage in war . The practice of total war which had been in use for over a century , as a form of war policy , has been changed dramatically with greater awareness of tactical , operational , and strategic battle information . A ___MASK95___ pass is a route through a ___MASK42___ or over a ridge . Since many of the world ' s ___MASK95___ ranges have presented formidable barriers to travel , passes have been important since before recorded ___MASK24___ , and have played a key role in trade , war , and migration . At lower elevations it may be called a hill pass . The highest pass is Mana Pass , located in the Himalayas on the border between India and China . The Carrowkennedy ___MASK96___ was an ___MASK96___ carried out by the Irish Republican Army ( IRA ) on Thursday 2 June 1921 , during the Irish War of Independence . It took place at Carrowkennedy , near Westport , County Mayo . The ___MASK96___ was organized by Major General Michael Kilroy , later Commandant of the 4th Western Battalion of the IRA . He and his flying column of volunteers took up position between Widow Sammon ' s House and that of Widow McGreal in Carrowkennedy and awaited a Royal Irish Constabulary patrol . The Irish Republican ___MASK46___ ( IRA ) is any of several armed movements in Ireland in the 20th and 21st centuries dedicated to Irish republicanism , the ___MASK70___ that all of Ireland should be an independent ___MASK90___ . It was also characterised by the ___MASK70___ that political violence was necessary to achieve that ___MASK62___ . The Irish ___MASK90___ ( or ) was a revolutionary state that declared its independence from Britain in January 1919 . In theory the ___MASK90___ covered the whole island of Ireland , but by 1920 its functional control was limited to only 21 of Ireland ' s 32 counties , and British state forces maintained presence across much of the north - east , as well as Cork , Dublin and other major towns . A combatant is a ___MASK3___ who takes a direct ___MASK27___ in the hostilities of an armed ___MASK33___ . If a combatant follows the law of war , then he or she is considered a privileged combatant and upon capture , he or she will qualify as a prisoner of war under the Third Geneva Convention ( GCIII ). An unprivileged combatant is a ___MASK3___ , such as a mercenary , who takes a direct ___MASK27___ in the hostilities but who upon capture does not qualify for prisoner - of - war status . Clew ___MASK45___ is a natural ocean ___MASK45___ in County Mayo , Republic of Ireland . It contains Ireland ' s best example of sunken drumlins . The ___MASK45___ is overlooked by Croagh Patrick to the south and the Nephin Range mountains of North Mayo . Clare Island guards the entrance of the ___MASK45___ . From the southwest part of the ___MASK45___ eastwards are Louisburgh , Lecanvey , Murrisk , and Westport ; north of Westport is Newport , and westwards from there lies Mulranny , gateway to Achill . From the south side of the ___MASK45___ , between Clare Island and Achill , Bills Rocks can be seen . ___MASK63___ Mayo ( meaning " Plain of the yew trees ") is a ___MASK63___ in Ireland . In the West of Ireland , it is ___MASK27___ of the ___MASK80___ of Connacht and is named after the village of Mayo , now generally known as Mayo Abbey . Mayo ___MASK63___ Council is the local authority for the ___MASK63___ . The population of the ___MASK63___ was 130 , 638 at the 2011 census . The boundaries of the ___MASK63___ , which was formed in 1585 , reflect the Mac William Íochtar lordship at that ___MASK51___ .