She was involved in a dispute with historian Peter Hart over questions he raised in his book '' The IRA and its Enemies '' over the Kilmichael Ambush in 1920 and the Dunmanway killings in 1922 . Ryan in her book '' Tom Barry , IRA Freedom Fighter '' disputed Hart 's claims that at Kilmichael British Auxiliaries were killed after they had surrendered and that 13 Protestants killed around Dunmanway in April 1922 were targeted for their religion . Ryan argued that the Auxiliaries were killed after a false surrender and that those killed in 1922 were informers to British forces
Dunmanway killings
Dunmanway killings
Meda Ryan