DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND
PUBLIC PLATFORM DESTROYED. CIVIC GUARDS DISPERSED. Unitrd Pr«*» A.s<<c>ciailou —By Blectno Telegrapn Oopyrigtit.2 DUBLIN, April 20. Seven Civic Guards protecting tlunlatfonn in the public square of Monili for General O’Duffy, were scattered in a baton charge after midnight by 50 recalcitrants. All but two guards had left the platform when a fresh band charged and overpowered the guarus. i murine- one. They sprinkled petioi on' the platform, which was burned. Armed detectives dispersed the assailants, while Blue Shirts removed feiicd trees blocking the roads Later, several thousand liecinie unanterruptcdily lueard General O’Duffy Colonel Cronin’s meeting at Enmscort was attended by a thousand members of the League of Youth despite interrupted roads. Disturbances occurred at otner olaces. .
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 1 May 1934, Page 5
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119DISTURBANCES IN IRELAND Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 1 May 1934, Page 5
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