1918-02-06
Clare cattle drivers jailed
Twenty one men accused of participating in a cattle drive in Co. Clare were arrested and sent to the County Jail in Limerick¹.Read More →
1918-02-03
Sinn Fein rally in Elphin, Roscommon
Eamonn De Valera and Count George Plunkett (the local MP, and father of the late Joseph Mary Plunkett) speak at a Sinn Fein rally in Elphin in co. Roscommon. The Leitrim Observer report¹ that between three and four thousand supporters attended the rally.Read More →
1918-02-02
South Armagh By-Election Result:Victory for Irish Parliamentary Party
The South Armagh by-election is won by Patrick Donnelly of the Irish Parliamentary Party. He got 2,324 votes, beating the Sinn Fein candidate (Patrick McCartan) who received 1305 votes.Read More →
1918-01-29
Galway landlord complains of boycott
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 →
1918-01-25
Arms Raid in Kilrush
Four men carried out a raid for arms at the home of John Murphy. The four – Moody, Green, McNamara and Connell – were later arrested.Read More →
1918-01-25
Gun raid backfires in Kilrush
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 →
1918-01-21
Edward Carson resigns from British government
Edward Carson resigns from the British government’s War Cabinet, due to his opposition to Home Rule.Read More →
1918-01-19
Shots fired in Clonboo
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 →
1918-01-14
Hunger Strikers force-fed in Mountjoy Prison
Three Sinn Fein prisoners in Mountjoy prison in Dublin – John Horgan, John Stack and James Roche – were force-fed after going on hunger strike. They had all been jailed following a riot at the Listowel Races last October.¹Read More →
1918-01-13
Westport Statue Damaged
Slight damage was done to the plinth of the statue of George Glendenning that overlooks the centre of Westport this morning. However, the evident attempt to destroy it (with an explosive device) failed.¹Read More →