County Carlow Tragedy 1921.
Nationalist, 12th March 1921.
Young man shot dead.
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- On Sunday morning last a force of British military arrived
in Rathanna near Borris, Carlow, while Mass was being
celebrated.
- There are several "Mass paths" in the vicinity.
- James Hayden, who had been at Mass and Holy Communion was
proceeding home by one of those paths accompanied by three other
men.
- While crossing the field a shot rang out and Mr. Hayden fell
dead, shot through the back.
- It is stated that the party were halted in the usual way.
- Owing to an order from Dublin Castle, Mr. R.P. McDonald,
Coroner, was prohibited from holding an inquest in this
particular case.
- Deep sympathy has been extended to his widowed mother and
brother, Rev. Father Hayden, C.C. Bagenalstown.
- The funeral on Wednesday was one of the largest seen for
years. R.I.P.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton.
Nationalist and Leinster Times, March 1921.
- It is scarcely necessary at this time of day to recall that
Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous young explorer, who is fitting
out another expedition to the unchartered regions of the
Antarctic, is an Irishman.
- The founder of the Shackleton family in Ireland was Abraham
Shackleton, grandfather of Mary Leadbeater, the gifted annalist
of Ballitore.
- A Yorkshireman of sturdy Quaker descent, who removed to
Ireland in early manhood as a private tutor to the children of
two Quaker country gentlemen in County Carlow , John Duckett of
Duckett's Grove and William Cooper of Cooper's Hill.
- His success as a teacher caused his friends to advise him to
open a school, which he did at Ballitore village in 1726.
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Curfew 9 to 5.
March, 1921.
Handbill in the PPP.
Curfew in Carlow.
The hours when people residing in Carlow Urban
area are compelled to remain indoors are from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m.
By Military Order.
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The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
Transcribed by Jean Casey,
2010
- From Old newspapers in the PPP.
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