On This Day / January 22, 1921
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Summary: On This Day – 22nd January 1921, police suffered heavy losses in ambushes in Clare and Kerry, a constable was wounded near Camlough, the Ulster Assizes closed in Belfast, and Unionists voiced optimism for the new Northern Parliament. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Heavy Police Losses | On This Day – 22nd January 1921
IT IS officially announced from Dublin Castle that a police patrol was ambushed yesterday at Glenwood, four miles from Sixmilebridge in County Clare.
District Inspector Clarke, one sergeant and four constables were killed. Their car was burned and their arms were taken.
A Dublin Castle message states: ‘District Inspector O’Sullivan was found shot dead at yesterday outside Listowel barracks, County Kerry.’
A popular and distinguished officer, he was the hero of the siege of Kilmallock barracks in May [1920].
Camlough Shooting
CONSTABLE Allford of the Bessbrook RIC was admitted to Newry Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the back which he received near Camlough.
On the previous night Mrs McGeeney’s public house in Cullyhanna was wrecked by a body of armed men who arrived in a motor lorry.
Judge’s Farewell to Belfast
MR Justice Pim sat yesterday at the County Courthouse, Crumlin Road to complete the Ulster Winter Assizes.
His Lordship said that before going away he would very much like to express his pleasure and gratitude to all concerned in that court for the help they had given.
Finally he said it had always been a great pleasure to him to come to Belfast and he hoped to meet the citizens, the jurors of Belfast and the officials of that court again, but if he did not, he now wished the city of Belfast a long life, success and prosperity to the future.
MP’s Glorious Vision of Northern Utopia
‘AS a parliament had been forced upon Ulster, we are determined to do our best with it and we will endeavour to work it for the benefit and social and educational advancement of the people’.
Thus spoke Mr William Coote, MP [Unionist] in Holywood. They must bear in mind that the Ulster Parliament would receive its own subsidy from [Westminster].
Education in Ireland was a scandal and they in Ulster must establish a [creditable] system. They must not, however, expect too much from the new Parliament. Its first business would be the establishment of law and order. …
When they had got trade and commerce in full swing, in another fifty years [1971] the new Ulster would have doubled its population, its commerce and industry to become one of the brightest spots on earth.
(Eamon Phoenix editor’s note: A Cavan man, William Coote was a woollen manufacturer who had led a Loyalist delegation to the USA in 1920 to challenge de Valera.
As a hardline border MP, he realised that the struggle for the new state’s survival would dominate its early years. A glittering future lay ahead.
Meanwhile Judge Pim’s farewell acknowledged the end of the all-Ireland court system.)
On This Day – 22nd January 1921
Further Reading on Irish History:
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Listen Along in Éamons Voice
Summary: On This Day – 22nd January 1921, police suffered heavy losses in ambushes in Clare and Kerry, a constable was wounded near Camlough, the Ulster Assizes closed in Belfast, and Unionists voiced optimism for the new Northern Parliament. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Heavy Police Losses | On This Day – 22nd January 1921
IT IS officially announced from Dublin Castle that a police patrol was ambushed yesterday at Glenwood, four miles from Sixmilebridge in County Clare.
District Inspector Clarke, one sergeant and four constables were killed. Their car was burned and their arms were taken.
A Dublin Castle message states: ‘District Inspector O’Sullivan was found shot dead at yesterday outside Listowel barracks, County Kerry.’
A popular and distinguished officer, he was the hero of the siege of Kilmallock barracks in May [1920].
Camlough Shooting
CONSTABLE Allford of the Bessbrook RIC was admitted to Newry Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the back which he received near Camlough.
On the previous night Mrs McGeeney’s public house in Cullyhanna was wrecked by a body of armed men who arrived in a motor lorry.
Judge’s Farewell to Belfast
MR Justice Pim sat yesterday at the County Courthouse, Crumlin Road to complete the Ulster Winter Assizes.
His Lordship said that before going away he would very much like to express his pleasure and gratitude to all concerned in that court for the help they had given.
Finally he said it had always been a great pleasure to him to come to Belfast and he hoped to meet the citizens, the jurors of Belfast and the officials of that court again, but if he did not, he now wished the city of Belfast a long life, success and prosperity to the future.
MP’s Glorious Vision of Northern Utopia
‘AS a parliament had been forced upon Ulster, we are determined to do our best with it and we will endeavour to work it for the benefit and social and educational advancement of the people’.
Thus spoke Mr William Coote, MP [Unionist] in Holywood. They must bear in mind that the Ulster Parliament would receive its own subsidy from [Westminster].
Education in Ireland was a scandal and they in Ulster must establish a [creditable] system. They must not, however, expect too much from the new Parliament. Its first business would be the establishment of law and order. …
When they had got trade and commerce in full swing, in another fifty years [1971] the new Ulster would have doubled its population, its commerce and industry to become one of the brightest spots on earth.
(Eamon Phoenix editor’s note: A Cavan man, William Coote was a woollen manufacturer who had led a Loyalist delegation to the USA in 1920 to challenge de Valera.
As a hardline border MP, he realised that the struggle for the new state’s survival would dominate its early years. A glittering future lay ahead.
Meanwhile Judge Pim’s farewell acknowledged the end of the all-Ireland court system.)
On This Day – 22nd January 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 – 22nd January 1921, police suffered heavy losses in ambushes in Clare and Kerry, a constable was wounded near Camlough, the Ulster Assizes closed in Belfast, and Unionists voiced optimism for the new Northern Parliament. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Heavy Police Losses | On This Day – 22nd January 1921
IT IS officially announced from Dublin Castle that a police patrol was ambushed yesterday at Glenwood, four miles from Sixmilebridge in County Clare.
District Inspector Clarke, one sergeant and four constables were killed. Their car was burned and their arms were taken.
A Dublin Castle message states: ‘District Inspector O’Sullivan was found shot dead at yesterday outside Listowel barracks, County Kerry.’
A popular and distinguished officer, he was the hero of the siege of Kilmallock barracks in May [1920].
Camlough Shooting
CONSTABLE Allford of the Bessbrook RIC was admitted to Newry Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the back which he received near Camlough.
On the previous night Mrs McGeeney’s public house in Cullyhanna was wrecked by a body of armed men who arrived in a motor lorry.
Judge’s Farewell to Belfast
MR Justice Pim sat yesterday at the County Courthouse, Crumlin Road to complete the Ulster Winter Assizes.
His Lordship said that before going away he would very much like to express his pleasure and gratitude to all concerned in that court for the help they had given.
Finally he said it had always been a great pleasure to him to come to Belfast and he hoped to meet the citizens, the jurors of Belfast and the officials of that court again, but if he did not, he now wished the city of Belfast a long life, success and prosperity to the future.
MP’s Glorious Vision of Northern Utopia
‘AS a parliament had been forced upon Ulster, we are determined to do our best with it and we will endeavour to work it for the benefit and social and educational advancement of the people’.
Thus spoke Mr William Coote, MP [Unionist] in Holywood. They must bear in mind that the Ulster Parliament would receive its own subsidy from [Westminster].
Education in Ireland was a scandal and they in Ulster must establish a [creditable] system. They must not, however, expect too much from the new Parliament. Its first business would be the establishment of law and order. …
When they had got trade and commerce in full swing, in another fifty years [1971] the new Ulster would have doubled its population, its commerce and industry to become one of the brightest spots on earth.
(Eamon Phoenix editor’s note: A Cavan man, William Coote was a woollen manufacturer who had led a Loyalist delegation to the USA in 1920 to challenge de Valera.
As a hardline border MP, he realised that the struggle for the new state’s survival would dominate its early years. A glittering future lay ahead.
Meanwhile Judge Pim’s farewell acknowledged the end of the all-Ireland court system.)
On This Day – 22nd January 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.