Dan Lehane (died 26 September 1920) was a member of the

Irish Republican Army The Irish Republican Army (IRA) is a name used by various paramilitary organisations in Ireland throughout the 20th and 21st centuries. Organisations by this name have been dedicated to irredentism through Irish republicanism, the belief tha ...

(IRA) and one of the instigators of the Rineen Ambush in which six RIC policemen were killed. He was the brother of Patrick Lehane who was wounded in the reprisal that followed and then tied and thrown into a burning house. The Auxiliaries paid Dan Lehane a visit at his house at Cragg near

Lahinch Lahinch or Lehinch ( ''or'' ) is a small town on Liscannor Bay, on the northwest coast of County Clare, Ireland. It lies on the N67 national secondary road, between Milltown Malbay and Ennistymon, roughly by road southwest of Galway and north ...

, where he was interrogated at gunpoint, but refused to inform the officers. Lehane was wounded and died four days later.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lehane, Dan Irish Republican Army (1919–1922) members 1920 deaths 1920 in Ireland History of County Clare Year of birth missing