On This Day / May 24, 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 24th May 1921, police were ambushed in Tyrone while Sinn Féin and Nationalist leaders united in opposition to Partition before the elections. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Tyrone RIC Attack | On This Day – 24th May 1921
OUR Omagh correspondent wires: A police patrol consisting of a sergeant and three constables, while cycling from Greencastle to Mountfield police barracks [County Tyrone], were fired on at Cashel by a party of men who were concealed behind a hedge.
Sergeant Peter MacDonagh, a native of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, was hit by the first volley of shots. The three constables sought refuge in a house.
Row at Cookstown Murder Inquest
A MILITARY Court of Inquiry in lieu of an inquest was held on Saturday regarding the death of Joseph Hayden of Gortfad Glebe, Rock, County Tyrone who was murdered in his bed on Thursday.
Mr J Hoy, solicitor who with Mr T J S Harbison, MP appeared for the next of kin, vigorously protested against the continuation of the inquiry as the funeral had been arranged for that day.
It was inhuman to ask the members of the family to give evidence at the present moment and James Hayden was still in a very weak condition.
The President said that he would take evidence of identification but could not allow the solicitors to be present.
Mr Harbison protested against the ruling and said there was no use in trying to cloak the matter.
Sinn Fein Meeting in Belfast
‘IRELAND is winning’ declared Rev Michael O’Flanagan, Vice-President of Sinn Fein, at a meeting in support of the Belfast Sinn Fein candidates in Smithfield Square yesterday.
Mr [Archie] Savage formally introduced Mr Sean MacEntee, TD, Monaghan.
Mr MacEntee said he was pleased to take part in the last round of the struggle for the unity of their country.
They were determined to defeat the last attempt of the invader to divide Ireland.
Bishop’s Warning to Catholic Voters
In a letter, read at all Masses in the city yesterday, Bishop Joseph MacRory stated: ‘It is necessary that every available vote be polled … for all the candidates opposed to Partition….
‘The character of your children’s education, and with it perhaps their eternal welfare, may depend on the result of this election.
‘Hence all differences between Sinn Feiners and Parliamentarians ought to be flung aside …’
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: De Valera was angry when he learned that Sean MacEntee, Sinn Fein’s most high-profile Northern figure, had risked arrest by appearing on a platform in Belfast.
The son of a local publican and a member of Dail Eireann, MacEntee (1889- 1984) was the only Belfast man sentenced to death for his part in ‘1916’. He was a Sinn Fein candidate in West Belfast.
Bishop MacRory was voicing the Church’s concern about its educational interests under partition.)
On This Day – 24th May 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 24th May 1921, police were ambushed in Tyrone while Sinn Féin and Nationalist leaders united in opposition to Partition before the elections. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Tyrone RIC Attack | On This Day – 24th May 1921
OUR Omagh correspondent wires: A police patrol consisting of a sergeant and three constables, while cycling from Greencastle to Mountfield police barracks [County Tyrone], were fired on at Cashel by a party of men who were concealed behind a hedge.
Sergeant Peter MacDonagh, a native of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, was hit by the first volley of shots. The three constables sought refuge in a house.
Row at Cookstown Murder Inquest
A MILITARY Court of Inquiry in lieu of an inquest was held on Saturday regarding the death of Joseph Hayden of Gortfad Glebe, Rock, County Tyrone who was murdered in his bed on Thursday.
Mr J Hoy, solicitor who with Mr T J S Harbison, MP appeared for the next of kin, vigorously protested against the continuation of the inquiry as the funeral had been arranged for that day.
It was inhuman to ask the members of the family to give evidence at the present moment and James Hayden was still in a very weak condition.
The President said that he would take evidence of identification but could not allow the solicitors to be present.
Mr Harbison protested against the ruling and said there was no use in trying to cloak the matter.
Sinn Fein Meeting in Belfast
‘IRELAND is winning’ declared Rev Michael O’Flanagan, Vice-President of Sinn Fein, at a meeting in support of the Belfast Sinn Fein candidates in Smithfield Square yesterday.
Mr [Archie] Savage formally introduced Mr Sean MacEntee, TD, Monaghan.
Mr MacEntee said he was pleased to take part in the last round of the struggle for the unity of their country.
They were determined to defeat the last attempt of the invader to divide Ireland.
Bishop’s Warning to Catholic Voters
In a letter, read at all Masses in the city yesterday, Bishop Joseph MacRory stated: ‘It is necessary that every available vote be polled … for all the candidates opposed to Partition….
‘The character of your children’s education, and with it perhaps their eternal welfare, may depend on the result of this election.
‘Hence all differences between Sinn Feiners and Parliamentarians ought to be flung aside …’
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: De Valera was angry when he learned that Sean MacEntee, Sinn Fein’s most high-profile Northern figure, had risked arrest by appearing on a platform in Belfast.
The son of a local publican and a member of Dail Eireann, MacEntee (1889- 1984) was the only Belfast man sentenced to death for his part in ‘1916’. He was a Sinn Fein candidate in West Belfast.
Bishop MacRory was voicing the Church’s concern about its educational interests under partition.)
On This Day – 24th May 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
List of other On This Day columns
Other resources: National Library of Ireland Irish News CAIN Archive
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Summary: On This Day – 24th May 1921, police were ambushed in Tyrone while Sinn Féin and Nationalist leaders united in opposition to Partition before the elections. Edited by Éamon Phoenix
Tyrone RIC Attack | On This Day – 24th May 1921
OUR Omagh correspondent wires: A police patrol consisting of a sergeant and three constables, while cycling from Greencastle to Mountfield police barracks [County Tyrone], were fired on at Cashel by a party of men who were concealed behind a hedge.
Sergeant Peter MacDonagh, a native of Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, was hit by the first volley of shots. The three constables sought refuge in a house.
Row at Cookstown Murder Inquest
A MILITARY Court of Inquiry in lieu of an inquest was held on Saturday regarding the death of Joseph Hayden of Gortfad Glebe, Rock, County Tyrone who was murdered in his bed on Thursday.
Mr J Hoy, solicitor who with Mr T J S Harbison, MP appeared for the next of kin, vigorously protested against the continuation of the inquiry as the funeral had been arranged for that day.
It was inhuman to ask the members of the family to give evidence at the present moment and James Hayden was still in a very weak condition.
The President said that he would take evidence of identification but could not allow the solicitors to be present.
Mr Harbison protested against the ruling and said there was no use in trying to cloak the matter.
Sinn Fein Meeting in Belfast
‘IRELAND is winning’ declared Rev Michael O’Flanagan, Vice-President of Sinn Fein, at a meeting in support of the Belfast Sinn Fein candidates in Smithfield Square yesterday.
Mr [Archie] Savage formally introduced Mr Sean MacEntee, TD, Monaghan.
Mr MacEntee said he was pleased to take part in the last round of the struggle for the unity of their country.
They were determined to defeat the last attempt of the invader to divide Ireland.
Bishop’s Warning to Catholic Voters
In a letter, read at all Masses in the city yesterday, Bishop Joseph MacRory stated: ‘It is necessary that every available vote be polled … for all the candidates opposed to Partition….
‘The character of your children’s education, and with it perhaps their eternal welfare, may depend on the result of this election.
‘Hence all differences between Sinn Feiners and Parliamentarians ought to be flung aside …’
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: De Valera was angry when he learned that Sean MacEntee, Sinn Fein’s most high-profile Northern figure, had risked arrest by appearing on a platform in Belfast.
The son of a local publican and a member of Dail Eireann, MacEntee (1889- 1984) was the only Belfast man sentenced to death for his part in ‘1916’. He was a Sinn Fein candidate in West Belfast.
Bishop MacRory was voicing the Church’s concern about its educational interests under partition.)
On This Day – 24th May 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.
* The Foundation has worked hard to recreate Eamon’s distinctive voice through AI. Since this is an emerging technology, occasional imperfections may be audible.