IRISH REBELS
HISTORIC MANSION DESTROYED. NOTORIOUS REPUBLICAN ARRESTED. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, January 9. (Received January 9, at 7.50 p.m.) ( Rebels destroyed bv lire the finest 14th Century mansion in Ireland, Castle Hackett, which held Waterloo relics. The owner. Colonel Bernard, was absent. Miss Comerford, the most notorious Republican woman in Dublin, has been arrested in Lough Linslown on a charge of possessing a revolver. She is liable to the death penalty.—A. and N.Z. Cable. POST OFFICE RAIDED. LONDON, January 8. Two men raided the post office at llallvconnell (County Cavan). The smashed the instruments, rifled the till, and were opening the safe when two Free State officers arrived. They shot one of the raiders dead.—A. and N.Z. Cable. DESERTERS EXECUTED. LONDON, January 9. (Received Jan. 10, at 0.5 a.m.j Five soldiers, who deserted from the National Army, were shot to-day, after trial by court-martial on December 11. The men were captured at the Kildare fight wherein a National soldier was killed and two wounded. The five men who were executed apparently deserted during the fight, taking arms and ammunition with them.—yA. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 5
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185IRISH REBELS Otago Daily Times, Issue 18757, 10 January 1923, Page 5
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