Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1920-10-16

| Deerpark, Athenry, was maliciously
burned down.
A large detachment of soldiers
has arrived in Omagh, and the mill
tary authorities nave commandeered
the Town Hall and the County Court
House.
The military authorities stopped
the monthly fair at Middleton, and
fair announced to be held at New
townshandrum, Charleville, which is
outside the curfew area.
British military cut off all traffic
on the main road from Ballyvolane,
the countryside, raiding farm houses
and searching fields and gardens.
Some twenty private houses were
thus raided
At 1890 in the morning a party
of British military accompanied by
one policeman broke down the main
door of Higgins licensed premises,
Upper Abbey street, Dublin, in the
absence of the owner and rushed
into the house brandishing revolvers.
The caretaker and manager were
held up while the rooms were COM
pletely searched. The raid lasted
three hours.
On the same night another party
of British military made a two
hours search of the house of ].
Toomey, Cloncliffe avenue, Dublin.
When the military left they took
with them a bag of scrapiron which
they subsequently described as a
sack of bombs
British military raided seventeen
private houses in Dungarvan, Coun-
ty Waterford. Among the houses
raided was that of NJ. Greaney, Re-
publican member of the Local Dis
trict Council. A raid was also car
ried out on the Dungarvan Gas
Works.
| The residence of Major Mccarthy
IO'Leary at Coomlogane, County
lCork, was forcibly entered and raid
led by British troops. who broke
doors and windows in their search.
Major O'Leary is at present on ac-
tive serviie wien the British Torres.
AT Drumree, County Leitrim,
British military and police raided
over twenty houses.
British troops accompanied by an
armored car and two machine guns
surrounded the offices of the Cork
--while other parties of troops
forcibly entered and searched the
premises.
Forty-one persons were arrested
on the streets of Cork on a charge
of being abroad" between 10 p. m.
land 3 a. m. without permission OF
| the British military authorities.
Sixteen persons were arrested on
the streets Of Dublin on the same
Joseph Toomey and two iodgers--
10. Lorden and p. McNamara--were
ARRESTED in their beds at the house
| OF the former. Clonliffe avenue, Dub.
lin, by British military and police
No charge was brought against them
P. Greaney and Laurence Condor
were arrested In their homes al
hungarian, County Waterford, by a
midnight raiding party of British
I troops. The "offense" for which
they have been arrested is one oil
acting as voluntary police in their
district.
A young man named Rogan was
arrested at the Dungarvan Gas
Works by British police and mill
tarv. No charge was brought against
him.
In County Galway British police
? raided Kilmacduagh graveyard and
spiked the ground in order to ascer-
tain If any burials had recently been
made.
At Oola, County Tipperary, Brit
lsh policemen partially wrecked the
residence of Mrs. Stapleton by
[ means of an explosive bomb. Mrs.
: Stapleton's son is Republican Chair
( man of Tipperary No. District
Council.
A British military patrol fired into
' the residence of ]. O'Donoghill, Sun
I days Well, Killarney. On complain
' ing TO the military authorities
(, O'Donoehue was CURLY informed
that the military would neither
: guarantee his future security nor ex-
4 press regret for their past assaults.
Two young men at Gort, County
! Galway, were held up by British
> policeman who Threatened to shoot
. them.
III Miss Ellen Peters was wounded by
E British troops near Thomond Bridge,
Limerick, in the course of indiscrim-
mate firing by them from the win
i dows of their barracks.
i In Derry City cycling patrol OF
) British military fired at some civil
a Ians who were standing at their
1 doors. Two were wounded-Kath-
: leen Millar, who had child in her
: arms, and young man named Der.
!. nard Doherty. The latter bled al
!. most to death as a main artery was
g severede by bullet.
: British troops garrisoned in Tip
4 perary Town issued forth from theil
barracks and marched through the
d lstreets, wrecking shop fronts and
I calling on "Sinn Feiners to come ouf
o and fight" The windows and practi
d cally every shop in Bridge street
u were broken.
: Prior to the opening of an oper
q air festival at Enniscorthy, Count,
i Wexford, a party of British soldiers
l. seized a Republican flag from thu
members OF the town band. Subse
Il quently soldiers with fixed bayonet
I. rushed through the streets scatter
d ing the people, and having SMASHED
q window in the Municipal Building
II seized an other Republican flag
e They then drove through the tow
3 cheering and dragging the flag alonl
Is the round.
NEW ALBANY.