Impression sketch
for Irish Volunteers Antagonised - by Jamie. Based on an image of William St,
Tullamore (King’s Co.) Co. Offaly that can be seen at :
<https://www.offalyhistory.com/shop/digital-media/william-st-tullamore-street-life-1914>
[Accessed: 22 March 2016]
On William street of Tullamore,
In a town of the King's county,
A crowd gathered
in the evening,
Tuesday night 21
March 1916.
Rooms occupied by
Sinn Fein
Volunteers
overlooked the street,
Where antagonists started to chant
Out words,
prompting struggles.
There, a crowd of
youths and men
Clashed with the
Irish volunteers -
Police intervened
to separate two
Groups - events
were not yet over.
The antagonists
remained close
To the Sinn Fein
meeting place -
With police
protection volunteers
Appeared, to walk
across street.
With shouts from
the lingering
Crowd, stones
were then thrown
To hit Sinn Fein
windows - a volley
Of gunshots made
their reply.
Royal Irish
Constabulary saw
Back up from
Sergeant Ahern
And Inspector
Crane, who was
To receive a
wound to the face.
The collective
police dispersed
The crowd and entered the house -
Aided with Head
Constable Stuart
Searching all occupants for arms.
Making refusal to
be searched
Sinn Feiners let
fire, to hit Ahern
In his side and
arm - Inspector
Crane received a
blow to cheek.
Three revolvers
were seized
And four arrests
carried out
Amid the Sin Fein
volunteers,
As more police were
drafted in.
Further arrested
were predicted;
Perpetrators
were to be handed
To military
authorities, subjected
To the Defence of
the Realm Act.
by Jamie Mann.
Anon.,1916. Fight
With Sinn Feiners - Inspector and Sergeant Shot. The Daily Telegraph,
[online] 22 March 1916.
P.9. Col.6. Available at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12200312/Daily-Telegraph-March-22-1916.html
[Accessed: 22 March 2016].
Mann, J., 2016. 100 years Ago - Poems by Jamie Mann. [letter] (Personal
communication, 22 March 2016).
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