In an effort to highlight the rapacity of the British military, and in particular the actions of the Black and Tans in reprisal, newspapers such as Irish Bulletin published the names and details of those who had been subjected to extreme violence or who had been murdered. In November 1920 the Bulletin carried the following information about the terror campaign in Ireland:

  Murder of Denis Carey of Nenagh, taken from his bed and shot; Murder of Thomas Doyle of Dublin, shot in his home by the auxiliaries; murder of Mortimer Duggan, teacher in Broadford, county Limerick; Murder of Denis O’Driscoll of Kildorrey, Cork who was shot dead in his friends house by the constabulary; the attempted murder of Thomas O’Loughlin and Michael Leahy at Mullaunbrack, Tipperary; the wounding of three teenagers named Halloran, Witherce and Keaogh in Tipperary. In Mullingar, Westmeath it was claimed that bombs were thrown into the streets by the constabulary and a teenager named McCormack injured. Other outrages included the destruction of the mill at Milford, county Cork where damages were estimated to be in the region of £15,000. One wonders how many of these stories feature in the centenary commemorations being held across the country? These are just some of the many stories of the War of Independence in Ireland that are now 100 years later long forgotten. The Irish Newspaper Archive holds the key to unlocking these aspects of local history.   Source : Irish Bulletin, 29 November 1920, page 1.   IrishBulletin_29Nov