Respectful and polite.

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Respectful and polite.

By kind permission of Mr Michael Purcell

Respectful and polite

Nationalist and Leinster Times. October, 1920.

Raid for Arms.

Kilkea Glebe, the residence of the Chaplin to the Duke of Leinster, was on Thursday night visited by a band of armed and masked men, who identified themselves as members of Sinn Fein, Volunteer Carlow Brigade, and demanded arms and ammunition.

Having obtained what they wanted, they apologised to the reverend gentleman for entering his house, and said they would not have done so, as he was well respected in the neighbourhood, only they thought the British military would raid the house before they did, and they wanted to be first.

Throughout the raid their manner was most respectful and polite.

Transcribed by M. Purcell c2011.
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