1918-02-07
RIC Constable attacked in Cummer
Shots were fired at Constable Kerriak¹ as he entered Cummer RIC barracks this evening. He was uninjured.Read More →
1918-02-06
Shots fired at farmer in Cummer
Shots were fired through the window of the home of Michael Nolan this evening – there were no injuries. Nolan, from Cummer in Galway, is one of 16 tenants on the Lord Knox estate and there is reportedly a dispute of the leases amongst the tenants¹.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 →
1918-01-19
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 →
1918-01-06
Shooting of J G Alcorn
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 →