On 15th February 1921 – The IRA ambush a train at Upton believing it is transporting an estimated fifteen British soldiers. The Irish Republican Army (IRA) mounted an attack on a train carrying British soldiers at Upton, Co Cork. The action was a disaster for the IRA; three of its volunteers were killed and two wounded. Six British soldiers were wounded, three seriously. Six civilian passengers were killed and ten wounded in the crossfire. Cork was by far the most violent county in Ireland durin