On This Day / April 14, 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 14th April 1921, Nationalists in Belfast opposed Partition, St Malachy’s College was raided, and questions were raised over reprisal killings in Dromore. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Against Partition | On This Day – 14th April 1921
A CONVENTION, representing the National Organisations in Belfast, was held in St Mary’s Hall last evening. Over 500 delegates were present.
The chair was occupied by the Very Rev Canon Crolly, PR VF, St Matthew’s and subsequently by Mr Joseph Devlin, MP, Mr John Kennedy, Poor Law Guardian and Miss Margaret Magee acted as secretaries.
The following candidates were selected: West Belfast – Mr Joseph Devlin, MP and Alderman Richard Byrne; North Belfast – Mr Frank Harkin, Jun.; East Belfast – Mr Charles Meakin and South Belfast – Mr Bernard McCoy.
At a meeting of delegates held at Castlewellan, County Down yesterday, the following Sinn Fein candidates were selected for the county at the forthcoming elections: Mr de Valera, Dr Patrick Moore and Mr Patrick Lavery. The latter is at present interned at Ballykinlar.
Raid on St Malachy’s College
FOR the second time this week – and the third within a fortnight – a raid by military was carried out at St Malachy’s College, Belfast.
The first indication to the public that the premises were again to undergo a repetition of the ransacking was evidenced by the arrival, shortly before nine o’clock, of about 300 soldiers who took up positions around the College.
A large party of soldiers entered the building but their arduous search proved fruitless.
Murders in Dromore
MR Jeremiah MacVeagh, MP [Nat.], having asked the Chief Secretary whether he was aware that, as a reprisal for attacks on policemen, three young men named Charles Slevin, John Devine and Daniel Doherty were dragged from their beds at Dromore, County Tyrone by Special Constables and brutally murdered on the roadside, and what steps have been taken to bring the murderers to justice.
Portadown Man Called to Bar
AMONG those called to the Bar this term is Charles Leo Shiel, LLB, QUB, younger son of Peter Joseph Shiel, JP of Ulster House, Portadown.
His certificate was signed by Mr Thomas J Campbell, KC, to be proposed by the Right Hon. Lord Justice O’Connor.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Most of the Nationalist candidates in the Partition elections were members of the Catholic licensed trade which had long dominated northern Home Rule politics.
Sinn Fein, on the other hand, chose to run its iconic leaders for Northern seats, possibly in a deliberate attempt to silence its Northern wing in the event of controversy over partition.
Meanwhile, Charles Shiel was one of the last Northerners called to the old Irish Bar before it disappeared with partition.)
On This Day – 14th April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
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Summary: On This Day – 14th April 1921, Nationalists in Belfast opposed Partition, St Malachy’s College was raided, and questions were raised over reprisal killings in Dromore. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Against Partition | On This Day – 14th April 1921
A CONVENTION, representing the National Organisations in Belfast, was held in St Mary’s Hall last evening. Over 500 delegates were present.
The chair was occupied by the Very Rev Canon Crolly, PR VF, St Matthew’s and subsequently by Mr Joseph Devlin, MP, Mr John Kennedy, Poor Law Guardian and Miss Margaret Magee acted as secretaries.
The following candidates were selected: West Belfast – Mr Joseph Devlin, MP and Alderman Richard Byrne; North Belfast – Mr Frank Harkin, Jun.; East Belfast – Mr Charles Meakin and South Belfast – Mr Bernard McCoy.
At a meeting of delegates held at Castlewellan, County Down yesterday, the following Sinn Fein candidates were selected for the county at the forthcoming elections: Mr de Valera, Dr Patrick Moore and Mr Patrick Lavery. The latter is at present interned at Ballykinlar.
Raid on St Malachy’s College
FOR the second time this week – and the third within a fortnight – a raid by military was carried out at St Malachy’s College, Belfast.
The first indication to the public that the premises were again to undergo a repetition of the ransacking was evidenced by the arrival, shortly before nine o’clock, of about 300 soldiers who took up positions around the College.
A large party of soldiers entered the building but their arduous search proved fruitless.
Murders in Dromore
MR Jeremiah MacVeagh, MP [Nat.], having asked the Chief Secretary whether he was aware that, as a reprisal for attacks on policemen, three young men named Charles Slevin, John Devine and Daniel Doherty were dragged from their beds at Dromore, County Tyrone by Special Constables and brutally murdered on the roadside, and what steps have been taken to bring the murderers to justice.
Portadown Man Called to Bar
AMONG those called to the Bar this term is Charles Leo Shiel, LLB, QUB, younger son of Peter Joseph Shiel, JP of Ulster House, Portadown.
His certificate was signed by Mr Thomas J Campbell, KC, to be proposed by the Right Hon. Lord Justice O’Connor.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Most of the Nationalist candidates in the Partition elections were members of the Catholic licensed trade which had long dominated northern Home Rule politics.
Sinn Fein, on the other hand, chose to run its iconic leaders for Northern seats, possibly in a deliberate attempt to silence its Northern wing in the event of controversy over partition.
Meanwhile, Charles Shiel was one of the last Northerners called to the old Irish Bar before it disappeared with partition.)
On This Day – 14th April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
19210414
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Summary: On This Day – 14th April 1921, Nationalists in Belfast opposed Partition, St Malachy’s College was raided, and questions were raised over reprisal killings in Dromore. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Against Partition | On This Day – 14th April 1921
A CONVENTION, representing the National Organisations in Belfast, was held in St Mary’s Hall last evening. Over 500 delegates were present.
The chair was occupied by the Very Rev Canon Crolly, PR VF, St Matthew’s and subsequently by Mr Joseph Devlin, MP, Mr John Kennedy, Poor Law Guardian and Miss Margaret Magee acted as secretaries.
The following candidates were selected: West Belfast – Mr Joseph Devlin, MP and Alderman Richard Byrne; North Belfast – Mr Frank Harkin, Jun.; East Belfast – Mr Charles Meakin and South Belfast – Mr Bernard McCoy.
At a meeting of delegates held at Castlewellan, County Down yesterday, the following Sinn Fein candidates were selected for the county at the forthcoming elections: Mr de Valera, Dr Patrick Moore and Mr Patrick Lavery. The latter is at present interned at Ballykinlar.
Raid on St Malachy’s College
FOR the second time this week – and the third within a fortnight – a raid by military was carried out at St Malachy’s College, Belfast.
The first indication to the public that the premises were again to undergo a repetition of the ransacking was evidenced by the arrival, shortly before nine o’clock, of about 300 soldiers who took up positions around the College.
A large party of soldiers entered the building but their arduous search proved fruitless.
Murders in Dromore
MR Jeremiah MacVeagh, MP [Nat.], having asked the Chief Secretary whether he was aware that, as a reprisal for attacks on policemen, three young men named Charles Slevin, John Devine and Daniel Doherty were dragged from their beds at Dromore, County Tyrone by Special Constables and brutally murdered on the roadside, and what steps have been taken to bring the murderers to justice.
Portadown Man Called to Bar
AMONG those called to the Bar this term is Charles Leo Shiel, LLB, QUB, younger son of Peter Joseph Shiel, JP of Ulster House, Portadown.
His certificate was signed by Mr Thomas J Campbell, KC, to be proposed by the Right Hon. Lord Justice O’Connor.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Most of the Nationalist candidates in the Partition elections were members of the Catholic licensed trade which had long dominated northern Home Rule politics.
Sinn Fein, on the other hand, chose to run its iconic leaders for Northern seats, possibly in a deliberate attempt to silence its Northern wing in the event of controversy over partition.
Meanwhile, Charles Shiel was one of the last Northerners called to the old Irish Bar before it disappeared with partition.)
On This Day – 14th April 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
On This Day is a daily column in the Irish News looking back either 50 or 100 years. The column was compiled by Dr Éamon Phoenix from the mid 1980s until autumn, 2022. The Foundation is very grateful to the Irish News for giving permission to reproduce Eamon’s columns. Funding gratefully received from Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and the Magill Trust.
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