CONSTABLE CLARKE, KEENAGH,
SHOT DEAD
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(Ballina Herald,
June 7, 1921)
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Constable
Patrick Clarke, a native of Keenagh, Crossmolina, and stationed at
Cliffoney, Co. Sligo, was shot dead on last Sunday week. He had left the R.I.C.
barracks to purchase cigarettes when he was fired on from the cover of a
lock-up shop and died instantly. He was unmarried and had close on 20 years’
service. The body was removed to his native place on the following Tuesday and
interred amidst wide manifestations of public regret.
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POST OFFICES RAIDED
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(Ballina Herald,
June 7, 1921)
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The Post Offices at Castleconnor,
Enniscrone, Easkey, Dromore West, Skreen and Bonniconlon were raided by masked
and armed men last week, and in all a sum of £1,500 was taken.
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BALLINA LADY’S HUSBAND SHOT DEAD
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Ballina Herald,
March 16, 1922
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A report in the paper said that an
ex-Constable Gilmartin was shot dead in Galway on Thursday as they prepared to
go to press. The report continued: “The full circumstances of the tragedy are
not known at this time. We understand that Constable Gilmartin was stationed in
Ballina some years ago, and married Miss
D. Hannan, John Street, Ballina, who survives him.”
From a report of the R.I.C./D.M.P. killed in
the War of Independence we learn that on the 15th of March, 1922,
two R.I.C. Sergeants were shot dead as they lay in their sick beds in St.
Brigid’s Home, Galway. Both Sergeants were suffering from serious illnesses and
unable to offer any defence to their
attackers. One was Sergt. Tobias Gibbons, from The Fairgeen, Westport, and the other
was Sergt. John Gilmartin, from Camp Steet, Oughterard, Co. Galway.
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MILITARY ACTIVITY
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(Ballina Herald,
May 11, 1922)
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On Saturday, Capt. S. Donnelly, who was home on furlough from the Free State
army, was arrested in Ballina on, it is stated, a civil charge, and was removed
to Castlebar, where he is detained in custody by the Republican forces.
Early on Tuesday morning five men from the
Ballycastle district were arrested at Ballina railway station. It is said they
intended travelling by the 6 a.m. to join the Free State army. All are detained
in custody pending further inquiries.
A man named Fleming from Crossmolina district was also arrested on the same
day. He is a member of the Free State army. It is alleged he committed a breach
of the truce by interesting himself in recruiting. On giving the necessary
undertaking he was immediately released.
During the week the Republican forces have
been very active in Dromore West, where it is said they have been engaged in
fortification work. A number of trenches have been dug around the local
barrack, and some of the bye roads have also been trenched.
A Free State meeting was held in Easkey on
May Day, Messrs. A. McCabe, T.L.; J. Gilligan, Chairman Sligo County
Council; B. Ryan, organiser, and J. J. Clancy were the principal
speakers. With few interruptions they had a good reception. In the evening a
number of men formed up and marched through the town in support of the Free
State.
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ARRESTED
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(Ballina Herald,
May 18, 1922)
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On
Friday evening last (10th), Messrs.
Corcoran, Bridge Street; Joe Ruttledge,
Railway Hotel, and Ward, Railway
Station, were arrested. Mr. Ward was subsequently released. At a court in
Castlebar (Messrs. Corcoran and Ruttledge were charged with assisting in
recruiting for the Free State Army, but the court decided to release them.
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