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.

Tuam Herald, Saturday, January 26th 1918, p2.