- Carlow Nationalist. Sept. 1920.
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- The Destruction of Tullow.
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- The shooting of three policemen
- two of whom died - in Tullow on Wednesday night last was followed
by "reprisals" which terrorised the inhabitants of the prosperous
little town, which had been immune and peaceable up to the time the
appalling tragedies were enacted on Wednesday night.
- Details of the shooting are
lacking, as the policemen stationed in Tullow are very reticent in
connection with the occurrence.
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- From the meagre information
available it appears that four policemen were on patrol duty on the
Dublin Road and were returning in the direction of Tullow at about
9.30pm when they were ambushed.
- Constable Goughan was shot dead
and Constable Delaney lived only a short time later while Constable
Halloran was seriously wounded.
- On Wednesday night large numbers
of soldiers arrived in the town and carried out an exhaustive search
in many houses.
- At 10.45 the first signal of the
night's terror was given by rifle shots which were kept up
incessantly during the next three hours.
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- The explosion of a bomb at the
business front of Murphy Bros. spirit grocers, Bridge Street, set
the extensive building into flames.
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- Indescribable confusion
followed.
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- The panic-stricken people sought
refuge and shelter a distance from the town.
- The business premises became a
sea of flames, illuminating the whole town.
- There was no means of checking
the fire available nearer then Carlow 8 miles away. A telephone
message to first officer Rogers brought the Carlow Volunteer Fire
Brigade with the assistance of Mr Governey's motor lorry, which he
kindly placed at their disposal.
- The brigade succeeded in
controlling the flames, which were completely extinguished by the
following morning.
- Many houses suffered from
considerable damage in the way of broken doors, windows etc.
- In the "Irish Bar" goods taken
away or damaged are estimated to be valued £100. The scene of the
destruction was the finest portion of the town.
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Carlow
Mystery
Carlow
Sentinel. Sept. 1920.
- On
Tuesday evening the dead body of an unknown man was found in a corn
field near Borris, in a place called Knockroe, Rathanna.
- A
label attached to his clothing bore the word "spy".
- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2011.
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