Coolbawn Women is a play about three women and the events around the Coolbawn Ambush that took place in Kilkenny on June 18th 1921. It was written by Gillian Grattan.
It was first broadcast on KCLR on October 31st, 2023.
An IRA plot to ambush the black & tans backfires, resulting in the deaths of two volunteers - Nicholas Mullins and Seán Hartley. This play is told from the perspective of three women:
Ann Mullins, mother of Nicholas Mullins from Thomastown, Kilkenny.
Florence Dreaper, who informed Crown Forces about the ambush.
Mary, a teenager living in Castlecomer at the time of the ambush.
