On This Day / February 12, 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 12th February 1921, a Crown forces airman was apparently kidnapped in Limerick, a widow received compensation for a Derry shooting, and Fermanagh Unionists fought boundary changes. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Plane Burned, Airman Missing | On This Day – 12th February 1921
THE Ballinamina district of County Limerick, where an aeroplane which had made a forced descent on Thursday night was burned and one of the airmen kidnapped, was yesterday visited by a large number of Crown forces.
Yesterday morning, a number of tradesmen in nearby Kilmallock were warned by the police that unless the officer was returned within 36 hours, they would be held responsible.
Whether the aeroplane was forced to descend from engine trouble or otherwise has not transpired and one report says the machine was fired on by a party of men and brought to the ground.
Shot Dead in Derry
MRS Annie F Plunkett of Atlantic Avenue, Belfast claimed £10,000 compensation at Derry Sessions in respect of the death of her husband, Patrick Plunkett, a commercial traveller and well-known cricketer who was shot in Derry on 22nd June last.
Mr Plunkett left his lodgings to purchase cigarettes. When passing along Bishop Street the firing was so heavy that a shopkeeper took him into his shop for refuge.
Mr Plunkett insisted on leaving and he was shot dead. His body lay on the street for two nights.
His Honour, in awarding £2,000 said they all sympathised very deeply with Mrs Plunkett and her four children.
Unionists Cry ‘Gerrymander’
A FEW weeks ago the Local Government Board wrote to Enniskillen Rural Council (on which the Unionists have a narrow majority) intimating that the townlands in the Belleek rural district, now forming part of Ballyshannon (County Donegal) Union, will be transferred to Enniskillen Union.
A resolution by Unionist members of the Enniskillen Rural Council was passed, emphatically protesting against the proposal to amalgamate Belleek Rural Council with that council as ‘unworkable and unjust’.
Nationalists contend that the reason for the Unionist opposition to the order was because the amalgamation would result in the Unionists losing control.
Babies’ Bodies Found
THE body of a newly-born child was found in a cardboard box at Belfast City Cemetery.
Meanwhile, a Belfast dealer, walking on the foreshore at Holywood, came across a parcel, washed in by the tide. It contained the body of a newly-born baby.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Patrick Plunkett was an innocent victim of Derry’s brief but savage ‘civil war’.
Meanwhile Fermanagh unionists were irked that the unforeseen effects of partition might cost them political control of Enniskillen.
Such a dire fate was averted thanks to a pro-unionist gerrymander under the new Belfast government in 1922.)
On This Day – 12th February 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 12th February 1921, a Crown forces airman was apparently kidnapped in Limerick, a widow received compensation for a Derry shooting, and Fermanagh Unionists fought boundary changes. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Plane Burned, Airman Missing | On This Day – 12th February 1921
THE Ballinamina district of County Limerick, where an aeroplane which had made a forced descent on Thursday night was burned and one of the airmen kidnapped, was yesterday visited by a large number of Crown forces.
Yesterday morning, a number of tradesmen in nearby Kilmallock were warned by the police that unless the officer was returned within 36 hours, they would be held responsible.
Whether the aeroplane was forced to descend from engine trouble or otherwise has not transpired and one report says the machine was fired on by a party of men and brought to the ground.
Shot Dead in Derry
MRS Annie F Plunkett of Atlantic Avenue, Belfast claimed £10,000 compensation at Derry Sessions in respect of the death of her husband, Patrick Plunkett, a commercial traveller and well-known cricketer who was shot in Derry on 22nd June last.
Mr Plunkett left his lodgings to purchase cigarettes. When passing along Bishop Street the firing was so heavy that a shopkeeper took him into his shop for refuge.
Mr Plunkett insisted on leaving and he was shot dead. His body lay on the street for two nights.
His Honour, in awarding £2,000 said they all sympathised very deeply with Mrs Plunkett and her four children.
Unionists Cry ‘Gerrymander’
A FEW weeks ago the Local Government Board wrote to Enniskillen Rural Council (on which the Unionists have a narrow majority) intimating that the townlands in the Belleek rural district, now forming part of Ballyshannon (County Donegal) Union, will be transferred to Enniskillen Union.
A resolution by Unionist members of the Enniskillen Rural Council was passed, emphatically protesting against the proposal to amalgamate Belleek Rural Council with that council as ‘unworkable and unjust’.
Nationalists contend that the reason for the Unionist opposition to the order was because the amalgamation would result in the Unionists losing control.
Babies’ Bodies Found
THE body of a newly-born child was found in a cardboard box at Belfast City Cemetery.
Meanwhile, a Belfast dealer, walking on the foreshore at Holywood, came across a parcel, washed in by the tide. It contained the body of a newly-born baby.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Patrick Plunkett was an innocent victim of Derry’s brief but savage ‘civil war’.
Meanwhile Fermanagh unionists were irked that the unforeseen effects of partition might cost them political control of Enniskillen.
Such a dire fate was averted thanks to a pro-unionist gerrymander under the new Belfast government in 1922.)
On This Day – 12th February 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 – 12th February 1921, a Crown forces airman was apparently kidnapped in Limerick, a widow received compensation for a Derry shooting, and Fermanagh Unionists fought boundary changes. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Plane Burned, Airman Missing | On This Day – 12th February 1921
THE Ballinamina district of County Limerick, where an aeroplane which had made a forced descent on Thursday night was burned and one of the airmen kidnapped, was yesterday visited by a large number of Crown forces.
Yesterday morning, a number of tradesmen in nearby Kilmallock were warned by the police that unless the officer was returned within 36 hours, they would be held responsible.
Whether the aeroplane was forced to descend from engine trouble or otherwise has not transpired and one report says the machine was fired on by a party of men and brought to the ground.
Shot Dead in Derry
MRS Annie F Plunkett of Atlantic Avenue, Belfast claimed £10,000 compensation at Derry Sessions in respect of the death of her husband, Patrick Plunkett, a commercial traveller and well-known cricketer who was shot in Derry on 22nd June last.
Mr Plunkett left his lodgings to purchase cigarettes. When passing along Bishop Street the firing was so heavy that a shopkeeper took him into his shop for refuge.
Mr Plunkett insisted on leaving and he was shot dead. His body lay on the street for two nights.
His Honour, in awarding £2,000 said they all sympathised very deeply with Mrs Plunkett and her four children.
Unionists Cry ‘Gerrymander’
A FEW weeks ago the Local Government Board wrote to Enniskillen Rural Council (on which the Unionists have a narrow majority) intimating that the townlands in the Belleek rural district, now forming part of Ballyshannon (County Donegal) Union, will be transferred to Enniskillen Union.
A resolution by Unionist members of the Enniskillen Rural Council was passed, emphatically protesting against the proposal to amalgamate Belleek Rural Council with that council as ‘unworkable and unjust’.
Nationalists contend that the reason for the Unionist opposition to the order was because the amalgamation would result in the Unionists losing control.
Babies’ Bodies Found
THE body of a newly-born child was found in a cardboard box at Belfast City Cemetery.
Meanwhile, a Belfast dealer, walking on the foreshore at Holywood, came across a parcel, washed in by the tide. It contained the body of a newly-born baby.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note: Patrick Plunkett was an innocent victim of Derry’s brief but savage ‘civil war’.
Meanwhile Fermanagh unionists were irked that the unforeseen effects of partition might cost them political control of Enniskillen.
Such a dire fate was averted thanks to a pro-unionist gerrymander under the new Belfast government in 1922.)
On This Day – 12th February 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.