On This Day / November 26, 1920
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Summary: On This Day – 26th November 1920, Dublin mourned the victims of the Croke Park shootings, with funerals held under tense military oversight. In Tyrone, police gunfire left two members of the O’Doherty family injured, while Newry buried Head Constable Kearney. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Dublin’s Day of Funerals | On This Day – 26th November 1920
THE remains of six of the victims who were shot by the armed forces of the Crown at the football match in Croke Park on Sunday were interred yesterday in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Owing to the restrictions the corteges were limited to the friends, relatives and the neighbours. There were no emblems displayed except those of mourning for the dead.
Borne on gun-carriages, covered with Union Jacks and accompanied by over a thousand troops, the bodies of the officers killed in Dublin on Sunday were conveyed yesterday morning from George V Hospital to the North Wall where they were placed on board the destroyer Sea King en route for England.
The Government ‘request’ that all shops and places of business in the city be closed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. was universally obeyed. Any places that displayed a tardiness in closing were visited by armed forces of the Crown and ordered to shut down instantly.
Tyrone Village Outbreak
IT APPEARS that three policemen were on duty in Dromore, Co Tyrone when they allege a number of shots were fired at them. Two policemen rushed out of the barrack, armed with rifles and called on all whom they saw on the street to halt.
They allege that one man disobeyed the challenge and they fired. He was identified as Daniel O’Doherty, the son of a local shopkeeper who was wounded. He alleges that while lying on the ground he was struck with the butt of a rifle.
The police say they heard some further shots and another volley was fired by them. It was then discovered that a young girl named Eileen O’Doherty (18) had been badly injured.
Joseph McGlone, an ex-soldier, said he was in bed when he heard loud knocking at the door. He was confronted by a number of armed police who asked: ‘Where were you tonight?’
He replied he was in the house and one of the policemen said: ‘We are going to shoot you.’ However, another policeman interfered.
Newry RIC Man’s Funeral
YESTERDAY morning the remains of the late Head Constable Kearney of Canal Street, Newry, the victim of the recent outrage in that town, were removed by motor hearse and interred in the graveyard at the Bay Church, Glenariff, County Antrim.
At the weekly meeting of the Holy Family Confraternity in Newry Cathedral, Dr Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore, expressed his condemnation of the outrage.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note:): The murder of Head Constable Kearney as he left evening Devotions in Newry drew strong condemnation from the Church.
Unionists claimed his assassination gave the IRA effective control of South Down until the Specials were formed.)
On This Day – 26th November 1920
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Summary: On This Day – 26th November 1920, Dublin mourned the victims of the Croke Park shootings, with funerals held under tense military oversight. In Tyrone, police gunfire left two members of the O’Doherty family injured, while Newry buried Head Constable Kearney. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Dublin’s Day of Funerals | On This Day – 26th November 1920
THE remains of six of the victims who were shot by the armed forces of the Crown at the football match in Croke Park on Sunday were interred yesterday in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Owing to the restrictions the corteges were limited to the friends, relatives and the neighbours. There were no emblems displayed except those of mourning for the dead.
Borne on gun-carriages, covered with Union Jacks and accompanied by over a thousand troops, the bodies of the officers killed in Dublin on Sunday were conveyed yesterday morning from George V Hospital to the North Wall where they were placed on board the destroyer Sea King en route for England.
The Government ‘request’ that all shops and places of business in the city be closed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. was universally obeyed. Any places that displayed a tardiness in closing were visited by armed forces of the Crown and ordered to shut down instantly.
Tyrone Village Outbreak
IT APPEARS that three policemen were on duty in Dromore, Co Tyrone when they allege a number of shots were fired at them. Two policemen rushed out of the barrack, armed with rifles and called on all whom they saw on the street to halt.
They allege that one man disobeyed the challenge and they fired. He was identified as Daniel O’Doherty, the son of a local shopkeeper who was wounded. He alleges that while lying on the ground he was struck with the butt of a rifle.
The police say they heard some further shots and another volley was fired by them. It was then discovered that a young girl named Eileen O’Doherty (18) had been badly injured.
Joseph McGlone, an ex-soldier, said he was in bed when he heard loud knocking at the door. He was confronted by a number of armed police who asked: ‘Where were you tonight?’
He replied he was in the house and one of the policemen said: ‘We are going to shoot you.’ However, another policeman interfered.
Newry RIC Man’s Funeral
YESTERDAY morning the remains of the late Head Constable Kearney of Canal Street, Newry, the victim of the recent outrage in that town, were removed by motor hearse and interred in the graveyard at the Bay Church, Glenariff, County Antrim.
At the weekly meeting of the Holy Family Confraternity in Newry Cathedral, Dr Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore, expressed his condemnation of the outrage.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note:): The murder of Head Constable Kearney as he left evening Devotions in Newry drew strong condemnation from the Church.
Unionists claimed his assassination gave the IRA effective control of South Down until the Specials were formed.)
On This Day – 26th November 1920
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 – 26th November 1920, Dublin mourned the victims of the Croke Park shootings, with funerals held under tense military oversight. In Tyrone, police gunfire left two members of the O’Doherty family injured, while Newry buried Head Constable Kearney. Edited by Éamon Phoenix.
Dublin’s Day of Funerals | On This Day – 26th November 1920
THE remains of six of the victims who were shot by the armed forces of the Crown at the football match in Croke Park on Sunday were interred yesterday in Glasnevin Cemetery.
Owing to the restrictions the corteges were limited to the friends, relatives and the neighbours. There were no emblems displayed except those of mourning for the dead.
Borne on gun-carriages, covered with Union Jacks and accompanied by over a thousand troops, the bodies of the officers killed in Dublin on Sunday were conveyed yesterday morning from George V Hospital to the North Wall where they were placed on board the destroyer Sea King en route for England.
The Government ‘request’ that all shops and places of business in the city be closed between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. was universally obeyed. Any places that displayed a tardiness in closing were visited by armed forces of the Crown and ordered to shut down instantly.
Tyrone Village Outbreak
IT APPEARS that three policemen were on duty in Dromore, Co Tyrone when they allege a number of shots were fired at them. Two policemen rushed out of the barrack, armed with rifles and called on all whom they saw on the street to halt.
They allege that one man disobeyed the challenge and they fired. He was identified as Daniel O’Doherty, the son of a local shopkeeper who was wounded. He alleges that while lying on the ground he was struck with the butt of a rifle.
The police say they heard some further shots and another volley was fired by them. It was then discovered that a young girl named Eileen O’Doherty (18) had been badly injured.
Joseph McGlone, an ex-soldier, said he was in bed when he heard loud knocking at the door. He was confronted by a number of armed police who asked: ‘Where were you tonight?’
He replied he was in the house and one of the policemen said: ‘We are going to shoot you.’ However, another policeman interfered.
Newry RIC Man’s Funeral
YESTERDAY morning the remains of the late Head Constable Kearney of Canal Street, Newry, the victim of the recent outrage in that town, were removed by motor hearse and interred in the graveyard at the Bay Church, Glenariff, County Antrim.
At the weekly meeting of the Holy Family Confraternity in Newry Cathedral, Dr Mulhern, Bishop of Dromore, expressed his condemnation of the outrage.
(Éamon Phoenix editor’s note:): The murder of Head Constable Kearney as he left evening Devotions in Newry drew strong condemnation from the Church.
Unionists claimed his assassination gave the IRA effective control of South Down until the Specials were formed.)
On This Day – 26th November 1920
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.