IRISH AFFAIRS.

Grey River Argus, 29 May 1922, Page 5

IRISH AFFAIRS.

ULSTER STRIFE. ALLEGATIONS AGAINST SINN FEINERS. (Received May 28, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 27. When Crown forces in armoured cars attempted to operate in a Republican quarter of West Belfast, they were obstructed by barricades composed of road stones and seats, which had been piled up by the civilian residents overnight. An armed gang attacked a steamer at Tory Island when about to leave Dundalk. They locked up the captain in the cabin, smashed compasses, and wrecked the engines, the vessel being completely disabled, and unable to sail. Gunmen continue a campaign of murder in Belfast. A Protestant youth, who was a prominent footballer, was shot dead when returning from work. An area adjacent to the South Strand, was a scene of the fiercest fighting, several people being wounded. An Ulster “special” constable was afterwards ambushed, and shot dead. DEMOLISHING LANDLORDISM. SYMBOLS DESTROYED. (Received May 28 at 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. May 26. A large force of Sinn Feiners at-’tack-ed Bally water Park, which is Lord Duuleatli’s seat, in County Down, but the police forces, after a determined fight, beat off the raiders. The statue of Lord Dunkellin, erected in Eyres’s Square, in Galway City, has been pulled down. It was dragged through the streets, and was thrown into a sewer. One of those concerned declared that they intended to demolish every symbol of landlord tyranny.