29 January
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J G Alcorn, who survived a shooting attack last month, writes to the Tuam Herald¹ to complain that he had not tried to evict a tenant, as was previously reported. He  tells of notices posted in his locality, attributed to Sinn Fein, threatening anyone who works with him. In the letter, he asks : Are we living,I ask, in Russia under the Bolshevists, or is this to be our life under Sinn Fein ?Read More →

25 January
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Five masked men raided several houses near Kilrush, Co. Clare tonight¹. At one house, they forced a young man, called Murphy, at gunpoint to fetch the family’s guns. However, Murphy threatened to use the gun on the raiders, who promptly fled. Murphy chased after the raiders, shot one of them and then dragged the wounded man, named Mulqueen, back to his house, where he extracted the details of the raiding party. The RIC later arrested Messrs Corry, Connell, Moody and Green.Read More →

19 January
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Tonight, two masked and armed men called to the house of Michael Hanley in Clonboo¹². Three of his neighbours were there – the intruders demanded to know if any of them was Hanley. On finding that he was not there, the men fired some shots into the air, and another through the window. Hanley works for J G Alcorn, who was wounded by masked men the previous week.Read More →

06 January
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A local Justice of the Peace (JP), J G Alcorn, was shot at by 3 masked men, as he and another man was driving to Mass this morning¹. He was wounded by pellets but was able to make it to the church in Correndulla. He  subsequently recovered. A local widow and her sons – tenants 0f the JP – had been served with eviction – their relatives were questioned in connection with the attack but released.Read More →