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undertook an ambush on Lord French's motorcade of three cars at
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of Dublin GHQ, stating that he was a friend of Hogan, Breen and Treacy. Several members of the West
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village where his handcuffs were cleaved by the local butcher. The rescue was a great morale boost for the
Republican cause in the early stage of the war, within weeks a number of ballads were being sung across Ireland regarding the rescue. There was an extensive police and military search for the
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Matthew, aged 15, was imprisoned with his school friend John Connors and his brother Tim Connors (aged 11) whose father worked on Seán Treacy's mother's farm, for 3 months without trial, on the suspicion that they knew where Seán and the others were. Hogan's mother was also
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Tipperary Third Brigade. In early 1918 he was assigned to work with Dan Breen. After Seán Treacy's release from jail in mid 1918, Hogan arranged for the use of a shed on his cousin's dairy farm in Greenane which Treacy, Breen and Hogan used as their base for planning future activity
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participants of the rescue. 'The big four' were quickly moved to West
Limerick where Treacy and Breen recuperated in the houses of members and friends of the West Limerick Brigade. They also spent time in Clare and Cork before relocating to Dublin in the middle of 1919. Two IRA prisoners
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Hibernian Hotel in which Sergeant Neazor of the RIC was killed and a constable wounded. Later Hogan came from Dublin with Finn to help identify a suspected spy. The spy had been operating in the west Limerick area under the assumed name of
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Treacy and Robinson travelled to Dublin and met with Michael Collins who offered to arrange for them and Breen and Hogan to escape to America. They rejected the offer and told Collins they would remain in Ireland and continue the fight.
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explosives, when they were called on to surrender they took up firing positions but were shot dead by the ambush party. As a result of the action, South Tipperary was placed under
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requested they return to Ireland as the tensions between those who supported and were against the treaty were rising. Breen and Hogan arrived back in Ireland in April 1922.
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Dublin. His brother Matthew was best man and the bride's sister, Alice, was bridesmaid. The couple had three sons; Hugh, Thomas and Seán, but later separated.
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