Complex sentence: In what may have been a belated reprisal for the Rineen ambush, four IRA men were arrested by the Auxiliaries at Killaloe on November 16, beaten, interrogated and then shot dead and another two were summarily executed in the same way on December 22 at Kilkee.
Split into simpler sentences: In what may have been a belated reprisal for the Rineen Ambush, four IRA volunteers were arrested by the Auxiliaries at Killaloe on November 16, beaten, interrogated and then shot dead. Another two were summarily executed in the same way on December 22 at Kilkee.