 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Swinford, kufanana nedzimwe nzvimbo muWest Ireland, yaiva nzvimbo yezviito zvakawanda munguva yeIrish War of Independence 19191921. Maererano neimwe nhoroondo, vezvematongerwe enyika muEast Mayo vaiva nekuparadzaniswa kwenguva refu kunodzokera kuParnell scandal, nehukama pakati pemapoka ezvematongerwe enyika muSwinford uye Meelick zvakanyanya kuoma. Kukundikana kuronga mberi kweEaster Rebellion muna 1916 kwaireva zvisinei kuti varume vashoma veSwinford vakasungwa uye vakaiswa mutirongo, zvichireva kuti vaive kunze kwenetiweki yevatungamiriri veRepublican iyo yakagadzirwa mumisasa yevasungwa nemajeri. Yakanga isiri kusvikira munenge muna 1920 kuti IRA yakarongedzwa muSwinford, uye kubvira ipapo, neboka revadzidzi vaduku vanozvipira, basa rakawedzera, kunyanya munharaunda yeRepublican Courts. 