Taoiseach Jack Lynch meets Old IRA War of Independence veterans at the unveiling of a memorial plaque at Beal na Ghleanna, Co. Cork. The first armed attack on the Royal Irish Constabulary to occur in Ireland since the 1916 rising took place on Sunday, July 8, 1918 at Beal a Ghleanna (The Mouth of the Glen), on a mountain road linking Ballingeary and Ballyvourney. 17/3/1970 Ref. 110/42 old black and white