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January 1 -; CORK ARMS RAID -; Accused Returned For Trial - At a Special Court held last evening at 5 o clock, Mr. R. F. Starkie, CB, RM, presiding, Owen Jackson, Victoria Cross, and Edward Horgan, Glasheen, were charged on remand with having on the 2nd December raided Mrs. …..'s residence, ….., Magazine road, for arms.
Owen Jackson and Edward Horgan, with Peter Young, Magazine road, and Wm. Barry, 8 Magazine road, were further charged with having on the 7th December, at Crotamore, entered the dwelling-house of Mr. ….., armed with revolvers and other offensive weapons, and stolen thereform a rook rifle and some articles of military equipment, the property of Mr. ….. .
District Inspector B. W. McDonagh, in a deposition, said that at 3 pm, on the 9th December he attended at Cork Male Prison. He had the witnesses in the case assembled in the Governor's office, and a police sergeant place in charge of them. He then had eight young men of the same class, and as nearly as possible of the same appearance as the four accused, placed in a yard in a different part of the prison, and completely out of view from the Governor's office. He had the four accused brought there and told them to take up and [post?] they wished in a line. Each witness was brought separately from the Governor's office to see the line of men, and the then detailed another police sergeant to see that each witness left the prison without communicating with any of the others in the Governor's office. As each witness viewed the men and left the yard, he requested the four accused to take up different positions on the line before the allowed the next witness to come from the Governor's office, and in each instance they did so.
Asked if they wished to put any questions to the witness, one of the defendants said they did not recognise the authority of the court.
Mr. McDonagh said that completed the two charges.
Mr. Starkie then read over the charge, and asked each of the defendants if he wished to make any statement.
Jackson said -; We don't recognise the court.
Horgan -; We don't recognise this farce.
Young -; I don't recognise this court at all.
Mr. McDonagh asked that the defendants be returned for trail.
Mr. Starkie returned the four defendants for trail in connection with the raid on Mr. …..'s house. He was asked what about bails for Young, who is under 16 years.
Young replied that he would not give bail.
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Jackson and Horgan were then asked if they had any statement to make in connection with the raid on Mrs. ….. .
Jackson replied -; I don't recognise the authority of this court.
Horgan said -; I make no statement.
Both defendants were returned for trail to the Assizes.
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January 2 -; COURT-MARTIAL SENTENCE -; Six Months for Corkman -; Felix Connolly, civilian, of Fourcoil, Co. Cork, was tried by district court-martial at Cork on 20th December, 1919, on charges under Regulation 27, Defence of the Realm Regulations, of having seditious documents in his possession, and was sentenced to six months imprisonment with hard labour. The evidence showed that on searching the person of the accused the police found two numbers of the official organ of the Irish Volunteers. One of these numbers contained the following passage -; 'Every Volunteer is entitled, morally and legally, when in the execution of his military duties, to use all legitimate methods of warfare against the soldiers and policemen of the English usurper, and to slay them if it is necessary to do so in order to overcome their resistance. He is not only entitled but bound to resist all attempts to disarm him. In this position he has the authority of the nation behind him now constituted in a concrete form.'
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January 3 -; Soldier Wounded -; Youghal, Friday Night. -; Since the recent abortive attempt additional precautions have been adopted against raids at the Royal Naval Airship Station at Ballyquirk, near Killeagh, including barbed wire protection and extra guards. Several night alarms have occurred of late, drawing shots from the guards.
A report reached here this evening that on the last occasion a bullet fired by a guard ricocheted off a wall and struck a soldier wounding him in the leg.
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January 5 -; CO. CORK BARRACKS ATTACKED -; CARRIGTWOHILL BATTLE -; FIVE HOURS SIEGE -; Several County Cork police barracks were raided during Saturday night. Just before 10 o clock armed men attacked the Carrigtwohill barrack. The sergeant and five constables in occupation returned the fire, and a fusillade was kept up for several hours. The attackers then blew away one end of the barrack, and rushed in through the breech so made, took the police prisoner and handcuffed them. The raiders then searched the entire place, and took away rifles, ammunition, and accoutrements. Kilmurry, Carrignavar, Killumney and Inchigeela barracks were also attacked. At Inchigeela a constable was wounded but not seriously, it is believed. This is the only personal injury recorded.
INCHIGEELA RAID -; Policeman Shot -; Doctor Held Up -; Our Macroom correspondent writes on Sunday :-
Official reports have been received by the authorities here that the Constabulary barracks at Inchigeela and Kilmurry were raided last night by parties of armed men. Details are lacking, but in connection with the attack on the Inchigeela Barrack, it is stated that a policemen was shot, his wounds, however, not being of a very serious nature. It would appear that the Inchigeela affair took lace between 9.30 pm and 1am, because Dr. Goold, the medical officer of the Inchigeela Dispensary District, who had been attending a patient on the Ballingeary side, was held up some distance outside the village, probably about two miles, by ten or twelve men armed with revolvers and shotguns. His motor car was on the side of the road the house of the patient being inaccessible with this mode of conveyance, and on his return, he found the lights down and a substantial barricade erected across the road.
Shortly after he was confronted by about a dozen men, and informed that he could not proceed on his journey home. In the meantime, the doctor states that he heard intermittent rifle firing and bomb explosions. At the outset, he resented this interference with his liberty, and ordered the party to do their worst, believing their object to be robbery, but this theory was dissipated by the sound of the distant firing. He was informed that he could not proceed for a period of two hours, and was directed to a cottage near by for shelter, the night being intensely cold.
Under protest he went in the cottage, but though the house was lighted, he could not gain admittance. He returned to the car, and wrapped himself as well as possible, after making further protests against his detention. Somewhere after one o clock a cyclist rode up, and Dr. Goold was then permitted to proceed towards Inchigeela. Just outside the village another barricade of large stones confronted him, and he had to make a way through for the car. Quietness then reigned in the village, but it appears that one of the police was wounded during the raid.
RAID ON KILMURRY BARRACK -; Attackers Not Successful -; On Saturday night a party of armed men attacked the police barrack at Kilmurry. The barrack is an ordinary-sized house, in the police district of Macroom, and situate in South Kilmurry. The village is a small one, and, like all such place, in the South, lives a quiet life, seldom disturbed by and unusual happening. Something of a sensation then was caused on Saturday night about 11 o clock, when noise as if rifle fire rent the air. This firing continued for some time, and it was only early yesterday morning that the reason for it was known. The police barrack, in which there are stationed some five or six police, had been attacked by armed men. The police returned the fire, and after an interchange of shots, the attacking party were beaten off. The attack, it is stated, did not last very long, and as far as can be ascertained, no one was injured.
An incident of the attack was that the telegraph wires, and the railway wires, were subsequently found cut. The intention was, of course, to cut off all means of communication, but a direct result was that the train to Macroom yesterday morning was held up near Dooniskey because the signal system could not be worked, and it was necessary to use a pilot engine. As a consequence, there was a delay in the service.
CARRIGNAVAR BARRACK FIRED INTO -; A further episode in the list of the weekend raids on police barracks in the county was that, in the early hours of Friday morning last two revolver shots were fired at long range through the upper part of the windows of the police barrack at Carrignavar. An additional precaution against attacks on police barracks lately taken has been the erection of sheet-iron plates in the ground floor windows to three-quarter length. It will be readily understood then how well directed the shots were to hit the unprotected uppers quarter of the window. The bullets lodged in the wall of the room. None of the occupants of the barrack were injured. This report comes from a reliable source, though in official quarters there is no knowledge of the matter.
Further Rumours -; Rumours were current in the city yesterday that at Rathcormac there were somewhat similar attacks on the police barracks there, but inquiries establish the fact that an attack was not actually made, but that near the barracks shots were fired.
CARRIGTWOHILL CONFLICT -; A MIDNIGHT SIEGE -; Barracks Taken And Ransacked. -; ‘Ye defended it well; ye are good Irishmen.’ This was the remark addressed to the sergeant of the Carrigtwohill Police Barracks by the leader of a party of armed men, variously estimated at from 200 to 300. who attacked the barracks on Saturday night, and, after a siege lasting over four hours, captured and entered it.
The story of the attack is something like what one would expect in the picture stories of the Wild West. It was made by men utterly reckless of life, and the barracks were defended by men who were equally fearless.
Early on Saturday evening the sergeant and two constables were on patrol duty. In a village like Carrigtwohill the duties of policemen in normal times are very easily performed. The absence of lights from cars and bicycles at night, and trivial offences of that kind, mainly occupy their attention. But on Saturday night last the absence of such lights had a very peculiar significance. In the evening, about 8 o clock, men on bicycles began to arrive in the village. The police took little notice of the early arrivals, thinking they were men who, through one cause or another, were kept out later than they had calculated one, and were, therefore, without lights. But when men in twos and threes came along the road, at only short distances apart, the police became suspicious, and, on the sergeant's order, they endeavoured to hold up one man. His action when he was summoned to halt confirmed their suspicions. When they filed across the road he drove into the ditch in the hope of getting through, but on the greasy road he came to grief. An alert young man, he was not to be trapped by this sudden and unexpected challenge. His bicycle was broken in the fall, but he took to his heels, and was pursued by the sergeant and constables. He took the road leading to the station, and when he found the police gaining on him he divested himself of his overcoat and outpaced his pursuers. His action, however, convinced the police that something out of the ordinary was about to happen, and they immediately returned to the barracks. This was about 9.30, and on arrival at the barracks, they telephoned to Midleton and advised the police that there was 'something on,' and to 'look out.' But when they tried to ring up Queenstown, at 10 o clock, they found that the lines had been cut.
Shortly after ten the attack on the barracks began. It was made from the back. Behind the barracks there is a wall about five feet high, and beside it is a hay shed. Concealed behind these the raiding party opened fire. That was shortly after ten, and a continuous fusillade was kept up until 2.30 in the morning. The police replied rigorously, and it was only when their ammunition was exhausted that the raiding party ventured to approach the barracks. The approach was made through a shed belonging to Mr. W. O Grady, who is also the landlord of the barracks. Explosives were used to blow to fragments the wall between the shed and the barracks, and the experiment was successful, for it made an opening sufficiently large to allow a pouring in of men without delay, and in numbers sufficient to overpower the six policemen inside.
The sergeant and five constables were lined up with their faces towards the wall, handcuffed, ordered not to stir until daybreak under penalty of being shot. The sergeant's wife, who had a terrifying experience, was taken by the raiders to an adjoining house. ……….
The police stationed at Carrigtwohill are Sergeant Thomas Scott, Constables Stack, Hogan, Shea, Sullivan, and Clancy. They are little the worse for the prolonged attack which they had to resist, and when seen yesterday they were satisfied, simply because they had come through the ordeal alive.
Covered with revolvers, handcuffed, and later threatened with instantaneous death if they stirred outside the door, they nevertheless continued to devise plans as to the summoning of assistance. It is better, however, to tell in their own story the experiences through which they went during the long night of bombardment.
One of the constables, in an interview with an 'Examiner' reporter, said -; 'The firing opened about 10.30. The raiders took up positions behind the barracks, and they fired continuously until 3 o clock in the morning. There must have been a hundred men firing, and the reports of their rifles were deafening. It is said that others of them took up positions on the roads leading to the village and held up cars and bicycles, while a third party cut the telegraph and telephone wires. Every window at the back of the barrack is smashed to bits; the ceiling of the rooms are perforated with bullet holes, and every man in the barrack is telling to-day of his providential escape.'
To anyone who visited the barrack yesterday this is only the barest truth. A large opening has been made in the gable end wall, thus making it an entrance to the day room; the floor is strewn with bricks and mortar, and the same applies to all but one of the other rooms of the building.
It may be mentioned that when the raiders had entered and covered the police with revolvers, one of them scattered on the floor of the day-room a powder, over which they later sprinkled water, and as a result fumes arose which overpowered the guards. Constables Shea and Sullivan were knocked down by the explosion, the furniture in the dayroom was shattered, and the grate behind which the explosive was placed in, the wall was blown to fragments.
The sergeant's office, which faces the back, was the room on which the raider's fire was concentrated. It was in the direct line of fire from the hay-shed, and bullets came whizzing through the window all the time the attack lasted. The shutters, the ceiling, the furniture of the room, all bear traces of the intensity of the fire. In this the sergeant and two of the constables kept up a fusillade from the adjoining room. The sergeant's room bears the marks of something like a dozen bullets, while the wall beside the window tells the tale of wide shooting on the part of the attackers. Through one window of the front shots came also. The party at the front were, it must be confessed, extraordinarily accurate in their aim. The window has steel shutters through which there are peep holes four inches by two, and through these the raiders sent their bullets. One found it difficult to believe the police that it was not they who fired out, and so broke the glass until one looked round and saw on the walls bullet marks on a line with the window. But the shutter was also well marked. It bore the traces of at least nine bullets, while the glass outside had shattered into fragments.
When the raiders eventually gained possession of the barracks they covered the sergeant and constables with revolvers, ordered them to face the wall of the day room and demanded the handcuffs. Not being told where the handcuffs were, they proceeded to search, and eventually found them. They then returned to the day room and handcuffed the police. In the absence of the search party the police were kept covered by 12 men, in accordance with orders. 'Two men cover each policemen,' was the order of the leader of the raiders. At this stage one of the constables told their assailants that there was a woman in the barracks (the sergeant's wife), and the answer was: 'Let her appear; we have no time to lose.' She did appear from the kitchen, and they asked her if she wanted to go outside. She named a house in the village, and one of them escorted her to it.
Mrs. Scott told an 'Examiner' reporter of her experiences. 'I was in bed,' she said, 'when the firing opened, and several bullets came through my window before I made for the sitting room. My room was, I think, the first through which bullets came. The sitting room adjoins my bedroom, and I was afraid bullets would come in through the door. ….. The explosion, which made the opening into the day-room, was deafening; we were all stunned by the shock, and the guard and the other men deserve all possible praise for the way in which they faced it all. Those of the men who entered the barracks spoke with [an] accent which was not Cork.'
The floors of the rooms facing the back were strewn with cartridges while in the barrack yard were found bombs, which were thrown by the raiders, but which failed to explode.
Several times during the night the raiding party called on the police to surrender, but the police were defiant until their ammunition was exhausted. And when the last shot had been fired they procured their bayonets. But these were unavailing against the revolvers. 'When we found that they were in, 'said one of the Constables,' we had not alternative but to submit, but we never suspected that they could break through the wall. After surrender it was 'Hands Up!' 'Your barracks are taken,' said the leader of the party, and then he ordered us to face the wall. We were handcuffed at the time, and there were rifles and revolvers to our heads.' 'Two men each take charge of one policeman,' was another command, while from the same man came the order 'Men, search the house and take everything but money.' When we got released from out handcuffs, continued the policeman, it was 4.30 in the morning. We released ourselves. The Sergeant saw the key of the handcuffs on the ground after the raiders left, and he picked it up and released us. Shortly afterwards police from Cork arrived, but we were preparing to go to Midleton to report the matter there. When we thought the raiders had gone we started to discuss the happenings of the night, but we were not at it long when one of the raiders came in through the breach, in the gable end, and gave us a lecture. He said: 'We should have shot yet, and are considering whether we shall do it. Ye have given us a lot of trouble. If ye look to the right or the left ye will be shot at once!' The leader of the party continued: 'I suppose you will be making a 'blow' about this, in the morning to the Authorities, but I may tell you this, that if you leave your barracks before daylight you will be shot.' The party then left and shortly afterwards we heard the motor cars start and call for three cheers for the Irish Republic. There were some shots fired too as if to celebrate the event. We also heard the tread of men marching like soldiers. When they blew up the wall, we heard a sound something like what you might expect from a quarry. When they got in they searched our pockets, and they took the sergeant's purse, but, having examined the contents, they put it back again -; the sergeant was handcuffed at the time. Before they left they told us not to stir until morning. We heard motor cars going off, and we heard the tramp of men going up the road towards Cork. There was at least three motor cars. We remained silent a while, then we began to talk, but three men were still in the breach, and one of the said, 'Stop that talking.' We didn't know what to do. We said nothing, but remained on there until all were gone, including the men at the breach. Then the sergeant saw the key of the handcuffs on the floor and he released us.
Asked when reinforcements arrived, he said: 'The Cork police tried to communicate with Carrigtwohill during the night, and when they failed to do so they became suspicious, and sent police down. They arrived here at 4.30 am -; just as we were sending men to Midleton to report what had happened. I suppose 500 rounds must have been fired during the night. The barrack is all bullet marks; and we exhausted our ammunition. The fact that the window on the landing was protected with sand bags made it possible for us to go up and down stairs. It was more exposed to their fire than any other window in the building, and a few bullets came through, over the sane bags.'
County Inspector Clayton and District Inspectors McDonagh and Murphy were in command of a large force of police at Carrigtwohill yesterday, and they, with a number of soldiers, who were drafted into the village during the morning, drove off in military lorries during the afternoon, apparently to search the houses of suspect persons. Up to a late hour last night, however, no arrest were reported.
DEATH OF SOUTHERN NATIONALIST -; Death has removed still another of the comparatively few remaining links with the Irish national movement of forty and fifty years ago in the person of Mr. Jeremiah O Mahony, MCC, Warrenscourt. His death will be sincerely and deeply regretted over an area far wider than that Mid Cork constituency. It might be said his name was familiar to all who took and interest in the public affairs and administration of the county, for he gave much more than the average member's share of attention to his duties on the Cork County Council for the past twenty years, and as a Nationalist he was equally well known. How far back his memory could go may be judged by the fact that Mr. O Mahony was a schoolmate at Bandon of Philip William Allen, one of the Manchester Martyrs, and was actually in the same class. A sturdy fighter in the Home Rule Cause from its inception, under the leadership of Charles Stuart Parnell, Mr. O Mahony did at least one man's share in the Cause of Irish Liberty. He took an active part in the Land movement, and did no small share of good practical work in the agitation to obtain the transference of the ownership of land from the landlord to the occupying tenantry. When elected to the County Council, Mr. O Mahony at once emphasised his position as an advocate of economy and just and … administration, and, in conjunction with Mr. D. L. O Gorman, was an adherent, and, in part, leader of the Nationalist party in insisting that the interests of that party should be preserved. Mr. O Mahony took a very keen interest in educational matters in the county, and always displayed a sympathetic solicitude in formulating the furtherance of university and technical education. He was the oldest and, in modern lights, the best fighter in the County Council, and if his language was, in the remarkably tense atmosphere of Ireland which prevails at the present day, the sincerity of the man was unchallengly sincere. Recent times brought with them their changes, and the late Mr. O Mahony who at one time was a student with Allen, one of the Manchester Martyrs, considered in his conscientiousness that his line of duty took an extreme view. Having defeated Mr. D. D. Sheehan in the County Council Election, Mr. O Mahony …………on the Warrenscourt Division which he ahs represented for very many years, up to his death. Possibly one of the oldest, the late 'Jerry' Mahony will be missed in the County Council Chamber as one whose sturdiness of character, whose genial personality, and whose unfailing interest in the administration of the county could neither be questioned nor challenged. His demise will be deeply regretted, it removes a landmark in the politics of the county; it will bring to sad memory the death of the late revered Very Rev. Canon O Mahony, PP, Cloughduv, and on all sides will be regretted.
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January 6 -; Editorial [Excerpt] -; YESTERDAY nominations were handed in for the approaching Municipal Elections throughout Ireland, and the contests will have taken place, and the results will probably be known, in a fortnight from to-day. No matter how much superior persons may affect to look down on what they condescendingly describe as parish politics, the fact still remains that the efficient administration of local affairs is a matter of grave importance not only to the communities directly affected, but to the country as a whole. It is admittedly more difficult to manage the affairs of an ordinary business nowadays than it was six years ago, when the Corporators now holding public positions throughout Ireland were returned to office, and for that reason if for no other, it is desireable that the electors should exercise a wise discrimination and elect the best men to mange Irish municipal affairs. There is, hoever, a further important consideration that Ireland may now be said to be in a transitional period, when it is more than ever necessary that men of ability -; disinterested men, tolerant and capable and of broad views -; should be selected for public representative positions. From the industrial point of view the outlook for the country is most reassuring and consequently it is essential that the best ability and brains available should be at the disposal of the community to ensure that Home Rule in miniature -; which is, in effect, what the control of municipal affairs amounts to -; shall be conducted in such a manner as to be worthy of an intelligent and progressive people. …..
CARRIGTWOHILL CONFLICT -; In connection with the Carrigtwohill conflict it should have been stated that the outrage was condemned at both Masses on Sunday by the Rev. T. Bowler, PP, and the Rev. A. O Keller, CC.
Our Midleton correspondent writes:- In Midleton on Sunday the attack made on the police barrack at Carrigtwohill was a subject of much general discussion, and the matter created quite a sensation. When the raiders had made off, police and military from Cork, as well as the military from Cork, as well as the police from Midleton, repaired to the scene, but no arrests have yet been made. Some military in wagons passed through the district in different direction yesterday evening, accompanied by the police, presumably for the purpose of finding some clue to the occurrence. It might be mentioned that Carrigtwohill is one of the most peaceable districts in the country, and it is supposed that the unwelcome visitors were foreigners to the district. During the progress of the exciting affair a motor car was held up, and the occupants detained until the affair was over.
POLICE AND MILITARY ACTIVITY IN CORK AND COUNTY -; Considerable police and military activity was displayed in the city and county of Cork yesterday in connection with the raids that took place during the week-end. A large number of city police proceeded to Carrigtwohill yesterday, and were engaged with the military and police already in the district, in prosecuting inquiries into the sensational attack that was made on the local constabulary barrack. In the city, the policemen visited a number of garages and made inquiries as to whether any motor cars had been in Carrigtwohill district on Saturday night. It was learned that no arrest have been made in connection with any of the occurrences.
INCHIGEELA ATTACK -; Wounded Constable -; Our Macroom Correspondent wrote last night -; Judging by the occurrences in other parts of the county, the attacks on the Kilmurry and Inchigeela police barracks, in the Macroom police district, were by no means isolated transactions, but rather part of a widely concerted plan. Enquiries made to-day enable me to state that between 60 and 70 men were engaged in the raid on the Inchigeela Barracks. The assault was of a very determined nature, and the circumstances which have now come to light clearly indicates that the complete demolition of the barrack was the objective. The thoroughness with which the raiders set about their work was remarkable. All roads to the village were barricaded and picketed, so that no person was allowed to pass after a certain hour.
In the village of Inchigeela the inhabitants were driven to their homes and compelled to remain within during the attack on the barrack. A picket was posted at every door.
In the meantime a desperate fusillade was opened on the barrack, revolvers, shotguns, and other weapons being employed. There were six policemen stationed in Inchigeela, and at the time there were only three in the barrack, namely, Sergt. Maunsell, Constable Irwin, and Constable Moore.
To these men fell the task -; a task that demanded of them the exercise of every ounce of their strength and put their courage to the supreme test -; of defending the barrack. The manner in which the men behaved has been commented upon officially in terms of the highest praise. In the vicinity of the barrack tins of petrol, a box of a cart wheel, and other evidences of the raiders' intention to employ explosives were found. Constable Tobin, who was in the village when the attack began, was wounded by fire from a shotgun. His condition is not serious, though he is being removed to one of the city infirmaries tonight. Reports of arrests from the Kilmurry district have been received, but it appears that the parties apprehended have been discharged. The house of leading Sinn Feiners have been searched by the military and police.
The Wounded Constable -; Constable Tobin, who was wounded in the shooting affray at Inchigeela on Saturday night, has been removed to the Mercy Hospital, Cork. He was wounded in three different places in the back, but only one wound is regarded as serious. On inquiry at the hospital last night it was ascertained that he is progressing as favourably as could be expected.
Police Raid For Arms -; Yesterday morning, a party of police searched the house of Mr. Irwin, Victoria Cross, apparently for arms, but found nothing.
Raids Near Kanturk -; On Saturday night several farmers' houses in the neighbourhood of Kanturk were visited by parties of men, the taking of fire arms being the ostensible object. …..
Kilbrittain Murder - £6,000 Claimed -; At Bandon Rural Council, Mr. J. Walsh, chairman presiding. -; Mr. J. J. Lenihan, solr., Kanturk, forwarded a claim for £6,000 compensation on behalf of Mrs. Hannah Bolger, widow of the late Constable Bolger, RIC, who was shot at Kilbrittain on the 1st of December. -; The claim was referred to the Council's solicitor, Mr. T. Ryan, remarking that they might employ counsel.
Hunger Strike in Cork Gaol -; The four prisoners, Jackson, Young, Barry, and Horgan, who have been returned for trial at the Assizes in connection with recent raids in the city, and who are at present in the County Gaol, have gone on hunger strike. They declined to take the food which was supplied them yesterday.
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January 6 & 7 -; CORK MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS -; CANDIDATES NOMINATED [Excerpts] ….. THE NOMINATIONS
[HC -; Harbour Commissioner; JP -; Justice of the Peace; MP -; Member of Parliament; PLG -; Poor Law Guardian; RDC - ?Rural District Councillor; TC -; Town Councillor]
CORK CITY
CENTRAL ELECTORAL AREA. - 10 Vacancies -; 37 Candidates. - This area comprises Centre, North Centre, South Centre, and West Wards.
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Nationalists William Desmond, TC, Pembroke streetR. H. Tilson, TC, King [MacCurtain] street Thomas Stack, Alderman, Mardyke Cors. Desmond, TC, Mardyke Daniel Gamble, TC, Grattan street John Dunlea, TC, Great George's street W. F. O Connor, Solicitor, Lord Mayor Denis Cullinane, TC, Cotter street Denis Buckley, TC, 29 Grand Parade John Murphy, TC, PLG, 36 & 37 Castle street Sinn Fein and Transport Workers John Fitzpatrick, 10 Greenmount avenue, Shop AssistantRichard Hawkins, 27 Grattan street, Carman John Jennings, 63 Grand Parade, Merchant Francis Keogh, 35 & 36 North Main street, Draper Terence J. McSweeney, MP Cors. O Donovan, 39 Princes street, Provision Merchant Timothy Francis O Leary, 70 & 71 South Main street, Merchant Denis O Neill, 21 Academy street, House Painter & Decorator Professor Alfred Rahilly, 7 Park Villa, Victoria road James J. Walsh, MP, Sullivan's quay Commercial W. F. O Connor, Solicitor, Lord MayorAlderman Richard Beamish Daniel Williams, TC, JP T. H. G. Wallis, Solicitor, South Mall W. Desmond, TC, Pembroke street Denis Buckley, JP, TC Daniel Humphreys, Hollymount Labour Jeremiah Kelleher, Alderman, Gilabbey terrace, Merchant TailorJohn Hurley, 14 Castle street, Tailor Independents William Hart, TC, 7 Parliament streetJeremiah Lane, TC, South Main street Patrick J. Bradley, TC Eugene Buckley, 53 Grattan street John Callanan, TC, 1 Sheares street Cornelius Curtin, 73 Blarney street John Hurley, 4 Castle street John Hoare, 18 North Main street Mortimer Kelleher, 37 Corbet's lane Cors. O Donovan, 9 Kinsale Cottages, Evergreen road Robert Joseph Warren, 7 Ladyswell Place SUNDAY'S WELL AND BLARNEY ST. AREA (NO. 1, NW) - 7 Vacancies, 23 Candidates Nationalists Patrick F. O Sullivan, TC, Dominick streetJohn Joseph Doherty, Sunday's Well road Patrick Keane, 4 Morris's lane, Labourer W. F. O Connor, Solicitor, Lord Mayor Sinn Fein and Transport Workers James Allen, Man's lane, GasworkerTadg Barry [3?4] Blarney street, Organiser Thos. Daly, 3 Kearney's lane, Clerk Frederick J. Murray, Sunday's Well road, Mason Patk. O Sullivan, 9 St. Mary's terrace, Fair Hill, Tailor James Purcell, 10 Convent place, Organiser James Walsh, 22 Sive's lane, Insurance Agent Commercial Thos. Andrews, JP, Sunday's WellR. A. Atkins, JP, Lotavilla, Blackrock Henry Dawson, Sunday's Well road Labour Patrick Murphy, TC, 49 Sunday's Well roadJohn O Connor, 183 Blarney street, Baker Independents Cornelius Curtin, 73 Blarney streetMortimer Kelleher, 37 Corbet's lane Dl. Lynch, 63 Kearney's lane Michael Joseph O Callaghan, 10 Cattle Market street Laurence Prior, 4 Greenmount Buildings John Roche, 43 Blarney street James Walsh, 1 Cremin's lane SHANDON ELECTORAL AREA (NO. 2, NW) - 6 Vacancies, 13 Candidates Nationalists [D?] Horgan, TC, 1 Rockgrove TerracePatrick F. O Sullivan, TC, Dominick street John Francis O Sullivan …, 45 Pope's Quay Patrick Stack, TC, Exchange street Sinn Fein and Transport Workers Edmond Coughlan, 19 Pine street, MerchantSimon Daly, 25 Lower John street, Furniture Manufacturer Patrick Higgins, 70 Dominick street, Clerk John Kelleher, 25 Shandon street, Tramway Man Henry Lorton, 57 Shandon street, Bootmaker John O Keeffe, 13 St. Catherine Place, Carman Commercial Michael D. Spillane, 16 Leitrim streetIndependents John Flynn, 6 Hardwick streetJoseph Leonard, 51 Dominick street BLACKPOOL AREA (NO. 3, NW) -; 6 Vacancies, 18 Candidates Nationalists Edward A. Lyons, 41 Gerald Griffin streetCharles Whelan, 11 Fair Hill Sinn Fein and Transport Workers Thomas Mc Curtain, Blackpool Bridge, ManufacturerThomas Forde, 17 Catherine Place, Seaman Timothy [Gearan?], 17 Beecham's lane, Builder's Labourer Denis Lucey, 32 Dublin street, [Carrier?] Michael O Quill, 12 & 13 Wellington Place, Organiser Bartholomew Quinlan, 1 Heyland's Lane, Clerk |
Commercial Michael D. Spillane, Leitrim streetLabour Michael Egan, TC, Commons Road, CoachbuilderCornelius Hobart, 4 St. Anne's Terrace, Mason Thos. Walsh, 27 Thomas Davis street, Mason Independents Gerald Byrne, 48 Great William O Brien streetMortimer Kelleher, 37 Corbett's Lane Denis Mack, 21 Alexandra Villas John McAuley, TC, 10 Watercourse road Daniel O Leary, 45 Thomas Davis street Michael O Connell, 8 Fitzgibbon Square NORTH-EAST AREA -; 10 Vacancies, 26 Candidates Nationalists James Daly, TC, 4 St. Luke's placeDaniel Horgan, TC, I Rockgrove terrace Matthew Kenneally, TC, Glanmire road Cors. Mullanny, Alderman, Glanmire road Ml. Joseph O Riordan, 21 Wellington road Sinn Fein and Transport Workers Robert Day, 9 Nicholas street, LaundrymanJohn French, Patrick street, Chemist Ed. Goggin, 3 Buxton terrace, St. Luke's, Insurance Agent Stephen Heffernan, 2 Sutton's Buildings, Carman Paul O Flynn, 23 Summer hill, Victualler John O Leary, junr., 3 Ashburton hill, Accountant Professor W. F. P. Stockley, University College Miss Anne Sutton, Eagle Lodge Commercial Sir John Scott, Patrick's quayJames T. Mulligan, Edenville, Cross Douglas road A. M. Cole, JP, Wellington road Simon Spiro, JP, King street John Ronan, South Mall, Solicitor Clarence de Foubert, 9 Myrtle Hill terrace Dl. Williams, TC, 2 Shamrock place, College road Independents Patk. Clarke, 11 Stream HillWm. Dalton, Clonlea, Blackrock Denis Mack, 21 Alexandra Villas Maurice O Carroll, 14 Ashburton row, Gardiner's hill Robert Edwin Roberts, Semal, Passage West Edward E. Whitaker, York terrace COLLEGE AND EVERGREEN AREA (No. 1 South) -; 11 Vacancies, 30 Candidates Nationalists Jeremiah Ahern, 13 St. Finbarr's streetDavid Murphy, PLG, 10 Friar's Walk Simon Mahony, TC, 1 Tower street James O Connell, TC, 31 Quaker road William F. O Connor, Solicitor, Lord Mayor John Horgan, TC, HC, St. Nessan street Sinn Fein and Transport Workers Charles Coughlan, 14 Barrack street, CarpenterJohn Good, 54 Grand Parade, Organiser Jeremiah Kelleher, 58 Lough Road, Coach Builder William Kenneally, 374 Blarney street, Mill Hand Michael Landy, [5?] St. Finbarr's Place Michael Murphy, 88 Douglas street, Carpenter Frank O Neill, 24 Friar's Walk, Organiser Sean O Sullivan, 56 Grand Parade, Traveller John F. Sheehan, Ard na Griana, College Road, Insurance Agent William Russell, Grand Parade, Stationer Maurice Walsh, 1 French's Quay, Plasterer Commercial Robert Pulvertaft, Victoria roadLabour James Harty, I Sun View Terrace, College RoadWilliam Waldrock, 11 Griffin's Lane John Donovan, 2 Industry Place Independents John Cronin, Alderman, 28 St. Finbarr's PlaceThos. Donovan, 12 Gilabbey street Fred Howe, 10 Gilabbey street Dr. E. Magner, South Mall John O Sullivan, 16 Abbey street William James Russell, 11 Rochford's lane, Bandon Road John Sheehan, 130 Evergreen Road Daniel Sheehan, 18 Ballythomas CITY HALL AREA (No. 2 South) -; 6 Vacancies, 18 Candidates Nationalists Sir E. Fitzgerald, Alderman, Geraldine PlaceJohn Desmond, RDC, Ballinlough road John M'Carthy, 49 Cove street William Ellis, TC, 13 Douglas street Sinn Fein and Transport Workers David Barry, 57 Hibernian Buildings. Insurance ClerkLiam de Roiste, MP Stephen Harrington, 82a High street, Carpenter Denis Hegarty, 10 Travers street, Vanman P. Austin O Riordan, 10 Windmill road, Accountant Stephen John O Riordan, 16 High street, Market Gardener Commercial Thomas Farrington, MA, JP, 4 Waterloo PlaceThomas A. Callanan, JP, Sunday's Well Labour William Byrne, 11 Windmill road, Woodcutting MachinistMartin Hawkins, 20 O Connor Ville Independents Gerald Byrne, 45 William O Brien streetJohn Cronin, Alderman Joseph O Brien, 20 Industry street Joseph Parfrey, 43 Quaker road |
YOUGHAL
Youghal Urban District is now divided into three Wards -; North, Centre, and South, each represented by 7 Councillors, twenty-one vacancies in all. For these no less than 60 nominations have been received. Sinn Fein and Labour working, it is said, jointly, have put forward 9 and 12 candidates respectively; Ratepayers, 17; the Comrades [16?]. In addition there are 7 Independents. There are over [1,600?] voters on the register, and 6 polling booths will be provided; two in the Gymnasium Hall, Catherine st., for the North Ward; two in the Carnegie Free Library for the Centre; and two in the Town Hall for the South. A most interesting and exciting contest is anticipated. The following are the nominations:-|
North Ward - 20 J. Hennessy J. .. O Shea J Cashman T. Harrington J. R. Smyth W. J. Broderick Maurice Foley P. Kenneally R. P. Nelligan P. Magner James Healy Michael Sullivan Ed. Green Arthur Barry William Kelleher Robert Cronin John Kenefick T. Curran Ed. Clancy R. Morgan |
Centre Ward -; 17 J. McCarthy Jas. Coakley Jas. Hennessy M. Broderick R. C. Farrell S. A. Little-Merrick M. Whelan J. Fitzgibbon [L?] Lee M. Kelleher Jas. Flavin Michael Walsh John Casey D. Crotty William Nunn James Power R. Walsh |
South Ward - 23 William Aher Maurice Aherne J. Cathcart R. Devlin G. J. Dickenson W. Donoghue D. Geary J. Kennedy T. Kennedy, MD J. Keogh D. Linehan J. Lynch S. J. McCaul R. McGrath Thomas Murphy William O Brien Thomas O Connor P. J. O Gorman J. Quain T. Scannel H. Stone .. Sullivan R. Whelan |
SKIBBEREEN
Mr. John O Shea, Town Clerk, Returning Officer, sat in his office, at the Town Hall, Skibbereen on Monday, for the purpose of receiving nominations for Councillors for the Urban district. The following nominations were handed in:-
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Mr. T. Sheehy, JP, MCC (outgoing) Cain O Mahony, Townshend street (outgoing) Daniel McCarthy, Cork Road, Clerk of Union Denis McCarthy, Bridge street, Carpenter (new) John Leahy, Market street, Engine Driver (new) Michael O Donoghue, Builder (outgoing) Wm. Walsh, Townshend street, Carpenter (new) Patrick Sheehy, Newspaper Editor (new) Cors. O Shea, Draper (outgoing) |
Patrick J. Walsh, Lieut. HM Army (outgoing chairman) William J. Burke (new) Denis O Connell, Insurance Agent (new) Florence O Shea, Grocer's Assistant John William McGrath, Shop Assistant William Wood Wolfe, merchant Charles McCarthy, Farmer (outgoing) James Duggan, Farmer (new) John Collins (new) |
KINSALE
Mr. R. A. Hegarty, Town Clerk, and Returning Officer, sat in the Court House until 5 o clock on Monday for the purpose of receiving nomination papers for the office of Councillor, and 30 persons were nominated for the 15 vacancies as follows:-
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The [following] are going forward as Ratepayers:- D. H. Acton, JP M. R. Hegarty, Solicitor F. Kiernan John Murphy (Glen) John Kelly, JP Ml. Murley, JP John McCarthy P. J. Galvin Jas. Barry Michael Slattery, JP Wm. Kelly J. H. Barry H. T. Daunt, JP E. E. Wolfe Mrs. Sidney Good |
Fifteen papers were handed in on behalf of the following members of the Transport Union:- Edward O Reilly John Mahony Patrick Pierce Philip McCarthy Timothy McCarthy Richard Donovan Jerh. Crowley John Cadogan Patrick Madden Maurice Murphy James Walsh Michael Holland John Meade Wm. Stapleton Wm. Burke |
The number of electors on the register is 1,067, the number for the North area being 404, and South area 663
CLONAKILTY
Of the sixteen candidates nominated for the nine vacancies in Clonakilty Urban Council five withdrew from going forward. The five outgoing are:- Thomas Hill, JP, MCC; J. P. Collins, R. J. Helan, Pat McCarthy, James Hurley. New:- Miss Mary O Clery (Sinn Fein), Joseph O Flynn, who underwent imprisonment for a political offence; R. J. Cowman, undergoing imprisonment for a political offence; Joseph Brosnan, Thomas Leader, Wesley Bateman, Pat McCarthy, James Hurley, Joe Flynn. Cowman and Brosnan are nominated by the Transport Union and Sinn Fein, and the others a selection of ratepayers and traders. There are 599 voters on the register.
Mr. John Donovan, Town Clerk, sat in his office, Town Hall, Clonakilty, up to 5 pm on Monday to receive nominations for the position of Urban Councillors to the Township for the coming three years. The following candidates were nominated:-
Jeremiah Patrick Collins, George's street, Draper
Pat Murray, Jermyn street, Clerk
Patrick McCarthy, Mill street, Shopkeeper
James Hurley, School street, Labourer
Joseph Flynn, Barrack street, Clerk
Joseph Brosnan, Sovereign street, Creamery Assistant
Mary Coughlan O Clery, Shannon Square, Grocer
James Cahalane, Sovereign street, Hardware Merchant
Thomas Wesley Bateman, The Square, Farmer
Thomas Leader, George's street, Assistant Draper
Denis O Keeffe, Sovereign street, Lawyer's Assistant
Thomas Hill, Tawnies Lower, Creamery Proprietor and Farmer
Michael Barry, Mill street, Vintner
Richard J. Helen, Sovereign street, Farmer
Cornelius O Regan, Barrack street, Draper
This makes a total of sixteen candidates nominated. Miss O Clery handed in the largest number of papers.
MACROOM
The withdrawal of Dr. Kelleher, Nationalist, and John Browne, Independent, reduces the number of candidates for nine vacancies on the Macroom Urban Council to 12. There are now six Sinn Fein, three Labour, and three Nationalist candidates.
FERMOY URBAN
The Returning Officer, Mr. Wm. Sheehan, Town Clerk, up to five o clock on Monday received 37 nomination papers to contest the 15 seats on the local urban Council, although very little interest in the election was evidenced up to yesterday, when considerable activities on the part of merchants, employers, and others were manifest. Nomination papers were flying in all directions, and when the hour mentioned arrived, the returning officer was the possessor of 37 papers on behalf of aspirants for municipal honours. The transport workers are putting forward candidates in each of the three electoral areas and they are expected to put up a big fight for success. In like manner, the employers and merchants have nominated candidates, and these with Sinn Fein and the Nationalists promise exciting times in Fermoy for the next ten days. Six of the old Council are again going forward. The following candidates were nominated for:-
North Electoral Area
James Vincent O Connell, Church Place, Auctioneer & Publican
Wm. A. Fitzgerald, Thomas st., Merchant
Thomas O Mahony, Sunmount, Building Contractor
Thomas Daly, King square, Merchant
John Flannery, Wolfe Tone Park, Oil Depot Manager
Cors. McGuire, Wolfe Tone Park, Railway Man
Matthew Quan, Rathealy road, Foreman Joiner
Walter Power, Barrack Hill, Woodcutting Machinist
E. J. Quinlan, Queen Square, Draper
Wm. Paye, Albert Place, Painter
South Electoral Area
Charles Daly, Parnell Terrace, Carpenter
John Sheehan, Walker's Row, Solicitor's Clerk
Wm. Myrons, Devlin street, Labourer
John Leahy, Redmond street, Builder's Labourer
James Joseph Fitzgerald, Clancy street, Tailor
Michael J. Maye, King street, Merchant
Joseph J. Broderick, Patrick st., Chemist
James Dunlea, Patrick street, Hardware Merchant
Garret Roche, New Market Place, Merchant
John O Brien, Clancy street, Gardener
John Hennessy, William street, Sinn Fein Organiser
Chas. Stewart Maye, Queen's Square, Draper's Assistant
Central Electoral Area
Edmond J. Quinlan, Queen Square, Draper
Herbert S. Daniels, Grange, Merchant Tailor
John O Keeffe, Patrick street, merchant
James Lombard, Artillery quay, Merchant
Jerh. Kelleher, Artillery quay, Corn Merchant
Daniel O Regan, King street, Clerk
Ml. J. Sweeney, King street, Solicitor's Clerk
John Paye, Old Market, Painter
John Tobin, Cork Hill, Labourer
Thomas Baker, Barrack stree t, Painter
Michael Cotter, Cork Hill, Newsagent
James Coll, Bank street, Confectioner
Michael Gowen, Patrick street, Grocer & Wine Merchant
George Power, King street, Master Tailor
Patrick Magnier, King street
QUEENSTOWN
The following have been nominated:-
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East Ward James Ahern Charles Barry Richard Barry John Connolly Maurice Downey Bartholomew ….. James Fitzgerald Patrick Fitzgerald Michael Fitzharris Andrew Grogan Richard Hennessy Timothy Kidney Timothy MacCarthy Michael O Brien Charles O Callaghan Thomas O Farrell James [Pluck?] Michael Purcell James Saunders Alec [Talford?] |
West Ward Charles [Broley?] Richard Barry Daniel Collins Bartholomew Downing Michael Fitzharris Andrew Grogan Michael Hennessy Richard Hennessy Wm. Jones Wm. Lawton Joseph Lyons John MacCarthy Timothy MacCarthy Stephen Moynihan Charles O Callaghan James Rourke Michael Purcell Daniel Ronayne Michael Queally (a member of the present board) was also nominated, but has withdrawn |
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January 7 -; FORTY HUNGER STRIKERS IN CORK GAOL -; Tried And Untried Men's Protest -; Up to 40 men, tried and untried political prisoners have gone on hunger strike in Cork Gaol. They include the Fermoy prisoners, Frederick Murray, who was nominated for the Corporation on Monday, and is standing on the Sinn Fein ticket and the four boys from the Lough district, who are awaiting trial in connection with recent raids for arms. The reason given by the untried men for going on strike is that on Thursday last, one of the Fermoy prisoners, John J. Horgan, was removed from the others to some cause of which they are ignorant. He went on hunger strike on Sunday night as a protest, and in this the other untried men joined on Monday. They number from 16 to 20.
The tried prisoners, whoa re receiving ameliorative treatment, and also number about 20, went on hunger strike yesterday morning. The reason for so acting is because a prisoner named Hennessy, from Fermoy, who, on the 19th of last month, was sentenced to a term of imprisonment for a speech he made at Watergrasshill, was not given treatment similar to theirs. Hennessy is on hunger strike since 12 o clock yesterday.
Alderman Kelleher visited the prisoners yesterday and found them cheerful and well, with the exception of Horgan and Hennessy, who are in bed. Horgan, who is a young boy, is already showing signs of weakness, but Hennessy appears to be fairly well. The Alderman found the untried prisoners walking around together in one of the corridors and the tried men in a shed in the yard.
Arrest at Bandon -; While police and soldiers were proceeding from Bandon to Kilmurry on Sunday last, they met a young man named Florence Begley, of Bandon, cycling towards the latter town. They arrested him, and he was detained at Bandon, and on Tuesday he was conveyed under escort to Cork.
Carrigtwohill Raid -; Inquiries in police circles in Cork yesterday revealed the fact that no developments have taken place in connection with the sensational raid on the Carrigtwohill Police Barrack on Saturday night. Police and military continue to make investigations in the district, but no arrests have taken place.
Inchigeela Attack -; The Wounded Constable -; On inquiry at the Mercy Hospital last night it was learned that the condition of Constable Tobin, who was wounded in the shooting affray at Inchigeela on Saturday night, was satisfactory. He was wounded in three places, but only one wound is regarded as serious. An operation will probably be performed to-day.
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January 8 -; CARRIGTWOHILL SENSATION -; ARRESTS AND RELEASES -; Our Midleton Correspondent writes:- Arising out of the attack on the Carrigtwohill police barrack last Saturday night five young men, viz., Jeremiah Aherne, Joseph Aherne, Maurice Horrigan, Ml. Hallihan and C. White were arrested at Midleton yesterday (Wednesday) on suspicion of being concerned in the affray. The arrests were carried out after midday, the men being taken from their work and brought to Midleton Police Barrack for the purpose of seeing if they could be identified by the Carrigtwohill police, who have now, it is stated, been transferred for the time being to Midleton. The police from Carrigtwohill, after a close scrutiny of the arrested young men, were not able to identify any of then, and they were accordingly set at liberty, much to the gratification of a large crowd of people, who had collected in the street in the vicinity of the courthouse, and who loudly cheered the liberated men.
The Wounded Constable -; On inquiry at the Mercy Hospital last night it was learned that the condition of Constable Tobin, who was wounded in the shooting affray at Inchigeela on Saturday night last, was satisfactory
Hunger Strike in Cork Gaol -; The hunger strike of the political prisoners in Cork Gaol continues. Close on forty men have refused food, the untried prisoners because one of their number, Hogan of Fermoy, who is in custody in connection with an attack on soldiers in that town last September, was removed from them for some reason which has not transpired and the sentenced prisoners because Sean Hennessy, Sinn Fein organiser for East Cork, did not receive ameliorative treatment.
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January 9 -; CORK SENSATION -; SIR A. DOBBIN FIRED AT -; A REMARKABLE ESCAPE -; A sensational incident occurred early last evening in the vicinity of St. Luke's Cross. About 6.30 Sir Alfred Dobbin, head of a large wholesale firm in King [MacCurtain] street, Chairman of the Employers' Federation, and a gentleman actively identified with the commercial life of the city, had motored in his own car as far as St. Luke's Cross. The car was driven by his son, who when Sir Alfred alighted went off in another direction to that taken by Sir Alfred, who walked to his residence at Frankfort, Montenotte. The district is a particularly quiet one, and for some hundred yards to the scene of the shooting there are only a few detached residences on the left hand side of the roadway, along which the pathway runs. The pedestrian traffic consequently is not very great at this time of the evening, and there was the usual quiet as Sir Alfred Dobbin proceeded along his way. Coming to the roadway by Clifton, to which there is a large sweeping circular entrance, and down by which comes the intersection of Hayes's lane, a thoroughfare leading to Mayfield road, he noticed a man lurking, but he paid no close attention to him. He had only just passed when he heard footsteps as if the man was following him. Still, he had no suspicions of the man, who kept behind him, and when Sir Alfred had got within a dozen yards of the entrance to his residence he heard a revolver shot ring out, and felt he had been hit in the centre of the back. Immediately he saw his assailant run quickly down Lover's Walk, which is adjacent to Frankfort. Sir Alfred Dobbin did not attempt pursuit, but promptly proceeded to his residence, and on removing his clothing, found that the bullet had struck one of the buttons on the back of his trousers, which deflected its course, and to this circumstance may be attributed his remarkable escape. In the centre of his back there is a large contused mark. Dr. Norman Townsend was phoned for, and found that beyond a slight shock, and the mark referred to, that Sir Alfred Dobbin was nothing the worse for his thrilling experience.
The police were informed of the occurrence, and District Inspector Swanzi and members of the force from St. Luke's and King street were quickly on the scene. To them a description of the assailant has been given, and they are prosecuting enquiries. Up to a late hour last night no arrests had been made. …..
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January 10 -; English Recruits for RIC -; Dublin, Thursday Night -; By an incoming LNWR steamer to the North Wall yesterday travelled to Dublin a party of 15 English recruits for the Royal Irish Constabulary. They were accompanied by a sergeant of the RIC. The recruits were stated to be ex-soldiers, and their stature was well up to the standard required for the Irish Police Forces and the Life Guards. They were conveyed to the Constabulary Depot in the Phoenix Park.
Orders have been sent to the various stations directing that pensioners applying for re-engagement are to be reported to the authorities. Applications are to be considered only from suitable active men who served either in the DMP or the RIC. The pay for the period of re-engagement will be, it is stated about £4 a week, which generally would be more than double what they have been receiving in their present employments. In addition to the police pay, the pensioners will continue to receive their monthly pensions. It is understood they will be supplied with the official uniform.
Inchigeela Attack -; The Wounded Constable -; On inquiry at the Mercy Hospital last night, it was learned that Constable Tobin who was wounded in the shooting affray at Inchigeela on Saturday night, is progressing favourably, and his life is no longer in danger.
CORK GAOL HUNGER STRIKE -; Three Prisoners in Hospital -; The hunger strike continues at Cork Gaol and three of the untried prisoners have been removed to hospital. These are Peter Young, who is not yet 16 years of age; Edward Horgan, whose age is 17; and Peter Callaghan. Young and Horgan who are in custody in connection with a recent raid for arms in Cork have taken food since their removal to hospital and are greatly improved, though Horgan is suffering from sore throat and is in bed. Callaghan, who is one of the Fermoy prisoners has continued the hunger strike in the hospital, and is stated to be in a weak condition.
The strike has not yet begun to tell on the trail prisoners, and when Ald. Keller visited them yesterday he found them taking exercise in a shed in the yard. They did not resort to hunger strike until Tuesday, whereas the untried prisoners have refused food since Monday.
A young man named Florence Begley, from the Bandon district who, whilst cycling towards Bandon on Monday, was arrested by police and military and brought to Cork Gaol on Tuesday, has also gone on hunger strike.
The Lord Mayor (Mr. W. F. O Connor, solr.) visited the gaol last evening, and found some of the prisoners in a weak condition.
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January 12 -; CORK GAOL HUNGER STRIKE -; One Man Removed to Hospital -; All the prisoners on hunger strike in Cork Gaol showed signs of weakness yesterday, and one of them, Edward Horgan, Glasheen, who is awaiting trial on a charge arising out of a raid for arms in the Lough district, was removed during the evening to the Mercy Hospital. Horgan's condition is not serious; he is suffering from a general weakness and a sore throat. He is in the general ward of the hospital, and is under what is known as open arrest.
A meeting of the Visiting Justices of the Prison will be held today.
CORK POLITICAL PRISONERS -; Hunger Strike Over -; The forty tried and untried political prisoners in Cork Gaol, who have been on hunger strike for five days, took some food on Saturday. This end to the hunger strike was brought about by the Lord Mayor, (Mr. W. F. O Connor, solr.), who, with the Chaplain to the gaol, visited the prisoners on Saturday morning at 10 o clock. The Lord Mayor appealed to the men to desist from the strike, and undertook to secure second division treatment forthwith for one of their number, Hennessy, who was sentenced in December last to two months' imprisonment for a speech delivered at Watergrasshill; and, further, to take up his case with the Authorities with a view to obtaining political treatment for him. The Lord Mayor also intimated that he would take up the case of Hogan, who was transferred to another part of the gaol, and to have him placed back again in the same part of the gaol as his comrades. The consultations with the men lasted some hours, and ultimately they agreed to take food. Mr. King, Governor of the gaol, was also present. All the men speak highly of Mr. King, who has done all in his power for them. With the Chaplain, he supported the appeal of the Lord Mayor, who also expressed approval of the kindly action of the governor in this and other matters under his control.
At 12.30 pm on Saturday, a meeting of the Visiting Justices was held in the gaol. They were present -; Messrs. Daniel Horgan, TC, who presided; J. J. Kelleher, Ald., and Stephen Grehan, DL, Banteer. The Lord Mayor was also in attendance, and intimated to the meeting the appeal he had made to the prisoners on hunger strike, and the response to it.
The justices decided to visit the prisoners, and on so doing were informed by them; 'The strike is now off; we are going to take food.'
The justices decided unanimously to recommend Hennessy for 2nd division treatment.
The prisoners all appear to be in good health, and not much run down by their trying experiences. They were visited yesterday (Saturday) by Ald. Kelleher, who found them all very well under the circumstances.
The boy, Edward Horgan, who was removed to the Mercy Hospital from the County Gaol on Friday evening, suffering from the effects of the hunger strike, is reported as progressing favourably. His throat trouble is improving.
KILMURRY BARRACK -; Sergeant's Story of Raid -; Interviewed by a correspondent on the subject of the recent raid, Sergt. Byrne, who was in charge of the Kilmurry barrack, said it was 'very hot' while it lasted but he and the other men who supported him on the occasion, were naturally very elated at their successful resistance. 'The people of the village,' continued the sergeant, 'were scared of their lives, and many of them are not yet over the effects. The main attack came from the front of the barrack, which, as you see, does not face the road, but turns at right angles to it, and all bullets passing over the building found their way directly to the village, and the wonder is that somebody was not killed.' About five yards in front of the barrack stands a high laurel hedge, and some eight or ten yards further out, and parallel to it, ran a fence (now levelled), some four feet high, and this offered a natural and effective barricade for the main body of raiders who concentrated here and poured a heavy fire into the windows and roof of the barrack. 'We were not exactly taken by surprise,' said Sergt. Byrne, 'as a matter of fact, we were prepared for trouble, and the moment the first shot was fired the men were at their allotted place with clockwork precision, and the raiders' fire was immediately answered. The windows of the barrack were protected with heavy steel plates, with, perhaps, the exception of the centre window in the upper story, which was sand-bagged. The rife fire from outside, therefore, made no impression. Bombs were used by the raiders without success. They were not of a destructive kind, but made much noise. An effort was made to throw a bomb through the broken glass of the fansash of the door, but a wire netting in front of the glass saved the situation, and the bomb exploded on the flag in front of the door, doing very little damage. Snipers were employed at the back of the barrack, where there is a rere entrance, lest any of the police should attempt to come out at that side and open an enfilade fire on the raiders from the road. The sergeant estimated the attacking party to consist of about three hundred men. Somewhere between three and four hundred service and shotgun cartridges were found outside the fence where the raiders concentrated. The fight lasted over an hour, and seemed to collapse when the police used a few hand grenades. The front wall and windows show clearly the marks of rifle fire and bomb explosions, while the roof is pretty well riddled with bullets. Constables Dillon, Connyngton, McMahon, Elligott, and Duffy were associated with Sergt. Byrne in the defence of the barrack.
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January 13 -; CORK HUNGER STRIKER ESCAPES -; Edmond Horgan, who was in the Mercy Hospital after a hunger strike in Cork Gaol, escaped yesterday
CONSTABLE TOBIN WORSE -; Constable Tobin, wounded at Inchigeela, is now in a critical condition in the Mercy Hospital.
CARRIGTWOHILL RAID -; Sixteen Young Men Arrested And Released -; Queenstown, Monday.:- Sixteen young men were arrested at Queenstown today, and conveyed in a military motor lorry to the police barracks here, for the purpose, it is alleged, of being identified as participants in the recent Carrigtwohill raid. Failure to do so caused their release.
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