Carlow Sentinel, March 1919.
Sinn Feiners and Raiding.
Declaring Sinn Fein to be responsible for the
abandoning of the Tuam Race meeting, the "Sportsman" writes:-
Presumably their chief ground for objection to
the race meeting at Tuam is that the entire profits were to be given
to the County Galway, Comrades of the Great War " OUR DAY" Fund and
that those wounded in the fight for freedom against the tyranny of
Potsdam would have reaped some benefit.
Such an attitude is as foolish as that of the
Suffragettes who a few years ago attempted to stop the Derby and
Ascot Gold Cup from being run.
[Note added by Michael
Purcell 2010. The headline for this reads "Sinn Feiners and Raiding"
I assume it should have been "Sinn Fein and Racing", nevertheless
"Sportsman" strikes a chord.]
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The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
- Transcribed by M. Purcell c2010.
- Old newspapers in the PPP.