#Knocklong

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1919 – Dan Breen and Seán Treacy rescue their comrade Seán Hogan from a Dublin-Cork train at Knocklong, Co Limerick; two policemen guarding him are killed.

In one of the most dramatic events in the Irish War of Independence, a handcuffed young Tipperary volunteer, Seán Hogan, was rescued from a train while sat between four armed members of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC). Two RIC were killed in the attack and a number of the volunteers wounded. The rescue was undertaken by three of Hogan’s comrades from the Third Tipperary Brigade of the IRA and…

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 16 May 1920, workers at Knocklong creamery in County Limerick declared a soviet (workers' council) and established workers’ control of production. They prepared for the takeover by arranging deals for milk with local farmers and contracts to sell their butter with retailers. They hoisted a red flag and an Irish tricolour and for five days they continued production under the slogan “We make butter not profits.” They returned control to the owners in exchange for reduced hours, better pay, and the replacement of a hated manager. The success of their revolt inspired similar actions by employees at other businesses owned by the Cleeves family, including in Bruree, where a soviet was declared in 1921. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8816/%E2%80%9CWe-make-butter-not-profits%E2%80%9D Pictured: the old creamery https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=626885839484635&set=a.602588028581083&type=3

[seachranaidhe]

Independence might not have happened without the IRA, historian says

Martin Mansergh praises courage of the old IRA during the War of Independence

Locals re-enact the Knocklong rescue on the streets of the Co Limerick village on Thursday night

Historian and former Government minister Dr Martin Mansergh has criticised those who claim that the War of Independence was not justified.

Dr Mansergh said there was a “legitimate pride in the courage, the dangers and the…

[18thfoot]

Royal Irish Regiment soldiers who died on 19th October

1914

2nd Bn

10766 Private Dempsey. Interred Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France.

10824 Private John O'Neill, New Ross, Co. Wexford. Interred Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture, France.

6999 Bandsman David Kelly, Kirkbride, Cumberland. Commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial, Belgium. An unusual commemoration this, as Kelly’s date of death seems to be uncertain. 19 October 1914 appears to be the last date on which he was known to be alive. Quite why he is commemorated on the Menin Gate rather than Le Touret Memorial is a mystery.

Interred Bailleul Road East Cemetery, St. Laurent-Blangy, France.

6645 Private Patrick Sweeney, Lismore, Co. Waterford.

10896 Private Edward Byrne, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

10888 Private Daniel Cronin, Cullen, Co. Cork.

8804 Private John Murphy, Birkenhead, Cheshire.

Interred Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, France.

10941 Private William Roberts, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

6388 Private Robert Morrissey, Freshford, Co. Kilkenny.

5938 Private Doyle, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.

Interred Caudry Old Communal Cemetery, France.

7412 Private Edward Rielly, Thomastown, Co. Kilkenny.

8121 Private Thomas O'Neill, Kilmanagh, Co. Kilkenny.

Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France.

Captain Alexander Knox

Second Lieutenant Alan Anderson, Dublin.

Second Lieutenant Henry Moore, Delgany, Co. Wicklow.

Second Lieutenant Donald Smyth, Blackrock, Co. Dublin.

Second Lieutenant John Smyth, Ardmore, Derry.

2523 Sergeant William Barry, Kilkenny.

6570 Sergeant Charles Beatty, Gosport, Hampshire.

5493 Sergeant Andrew Brien, Kilmore, Co. Wexford.

9270 Sergeant Michael Forkin, Hull, Yorkshire.

9724 Sergeant Frederick Hill, Woodford Green, Essex.

6833 Sergeant William Turnbull, Newcastle On Tyne.

3990 Lance Sergeant William Grace , Kilkenny.

9301 Corporal Jeremiah Dowd , Wexford.

5981 Corporal Stephen Horrigan, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

10745 Corporal Edmund Ryan, Knocklong, Co. Limerick.

9870 Corporal Edward Ryan, London.

6952 Lance Corporal John Brien, Wexford.

9363 Lance Corporal Michael Denny, Fethard, Co. Tipperary.

10815 Lance Corporal James Duggan , Midleton, Co. Cork.

5917 Lance Corporal Patrick Fahey, Carrick On Suir, Co. Tipperary.

10518 Lance Corporal Robert Fernie , Tramore, Co. Waterford.

4463 Lance Corporal Charles Hale, Fermoy, Co. Cork.

6186 Private William Aylward, Knocktopher, Co. Kilkenny.

6017 Private Daniel Barrett, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

7253 Private Thomas Berry, Tullow, Co. Carlow.

6237 Private James Biggane, Mitchelstown, Co. Cork.

6615 Private David Brien, Waterford.

6599 Private John Brooks , Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

4574 Private John Burke, Urlingford, Co. Kilkenny.

6266 Private John Burke , Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

6536 Private Cornelius Burke , Cork.

4391 Private Philip Butler, Newtownbarry, Co. Kilkenny.

5723 Private James Cahill, Waterford.

7667 Private Matthew Canavan, Ballon, Co. Carlow.

6690 Private Michael Carberry, Waterford.

4380 Private Patrick Cardiff, Taghmon, Co. Wexford.

6767 Private John Carey, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

10641 Private Richard Carroll, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

6123 Private Christopher Casey, Tipperary.

4376 Private Patrick Casey, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

6616 Private Charles Churchill, Dublin.

10831 Private John Clifford, Limerick.

8761 Private Joseph Climpson, Chesham, Buckinghamshire.

6347 Private Stephen Collins, age 16. From Waterford. One of six brothers who served, four of whom were killed.

4711 Private Thomas Condon , Doneraile, Co. Cork.

7755 Private William Connolly, Waterford.

6341 Private Michael Connors, Waterford.

5432 Private James Copeland, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

4803 Private John Coughlan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

5775 Private James Cullen, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary.

4347 Private James Dempsey, Ballycogley, Wexford.

6622 Private William Dillon, Waterford.

5928 Private Thomas Donovan, Golden, Co. Tipperary

3965 Private Patrick Doyle , Ferns, Co. Wexford.

7471 Private John Dunne, Tyrone.

10864 Private Denis Dwyer, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

4555 Private Richard Fahey, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

6712 Private Peter Farrell, Ferns, Co. Wexford.

5917 Private John Fitzgerald, Limerick.

8535 Private Patrick Fitzpatrick, Ballacolla, Co. Laois

6543 Private James Fleming, Dublin.

6524 Private James Flynn, Waterford.

6870 Private Thomas Flynn, Galway.

6130 Private Patrick Flynn, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

7067 Private Harry Foat , Liverpool.

5612 Private Frederick Forsey, Waterford.

6775 Private Thomas Furlong , Waterford.

7455 Private William Gagan, London.

4072 Private James Green, Waterford.

4853 Private James Griffin, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

6212 Private Michael Griffin, Tramore, Co. Waterford.

6682 Private Michael Halley, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

5079 Private William Halloran, Galbally, Co. Tipperary.

8237 Private Thomas Halpin, Liverpool.

6637 Private James Hayden, Ferns, Co. Wexford.

8054 Private David Higgins, Cork.

4158 Private Patrick Higgins, Kilkenny.

7395 Private Thomas Holton, Dublin.

10643 Private John Humphreys, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

10750 Private William Hunt, Waterford.

3489 Private Thomas Kavanagh, Kilkenny. His brothers Edward and James also died in the war.

10711 Private Michael Kelly, Dublin.

5870 Private Mark Kelly, Tagoat, Co. Wexford.

5177 Private Michael Kelly, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

5532 Private Patrick Kelly, Athlone, Co. Westmeath. Served in the Tirah Campaign, 1897-8.

3880 Private Edward Kennedy, Gorey, Co. Wexford.

4120 Private William Keogh, Callan, Co. Kilkenny.

8186 Private James Kiely, Waterford.

6073 Private James Kinsella , Waterford.

6533 Private John Lacey, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

6396 Private Thomas Lawless, Tramore, Co. Waterford.

4551 Private John Lawlor, Killinick, Co. Wexford.

9079 Private William Love, Canterbury.

5940 Private Michael Lukeman, Cashel, Co. Tipperary.

10692 Private Patrick Maddock, Portlaw, Co. Waterford.

7643 Private Martin Maher, Two Mile Borris,  Co. Tipperary.

10589 Private Patrick Mahoney, Youghal, Co. Cork.

5993 Private Michael Malone, Waterford.

6286 Private John Manning, Charleville, Co. Cork.

10599 Private John Martin, Dublin.

4226 Private Peter McCarthy, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

5925 Private John McGrath, Waterford.

4381 Private William Mernagh, New Ross, Co. Wexford

4174 Private Patrick Minihan, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

7555 Private Matthew Moore, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

6486 Private James Moran, Kilkenny.

5873 Private Michael Moran, Waterford.

4706 Private William Morrissey, Carrick-on-Suir, Co. Tipperary.

8191 Private Martin Morrissey, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford.

5089 Private Cornelius Moynihan, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

8156 Private James Murphy, Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.

4068 Private Matthew Murphy, Wexford.

4316 Private Patrick Murphy, New Ross, Co. Wexford.

5406 Private Richard Nolan

4438 Private John O'Brien, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary.

8490 Private John O'Brien, Limerick.

9316 Private Thomas O'Brien

4931 Private William O'Grady

8059 Private Timothy O'Leary, Cork.

8410 Private Patrick Phelan, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford.

6463 Private William Power

6061 Private Edward Power

6573 Private Maurice Power

6291 Private Michael Power

2796 Private Andrew Reeves, Mallow, Co. Cork.

6493 Private John Rochford

5972 Private John Ryan, Thurles, Co. Tipperary

6674 Private John Shaw

6259 Private Stephen Sinnott

8299 Private John Slavin

6679 Private Thomas Spillard

4906 Private John Stephens

5971 Private James Swift, Waterford.

6579 Private William Toole, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford.

267 Private William Treacy, Naas, Co. Kildare

6156 Private Edward Wall

4693 Private Joseph Walsh

5427 Private Patrick Walsh

3093 Private Patrick Walshe, Kilkenny.

7389 Private Michael Whelan, New Ross, Co. Wexford.

8917 Private Michael Whelan

[rudolfmuehland]

Reposted from @workingclasshistory On this day, 26 August 1921, workers in the mills and bakeries declared a soviet (aka: a workers' council) in the small Irish township of Bruree. The businesses were owned by the Cleeves family, who, since the establishment of the “Knocklong Soviet” a year earlier, had faced a series of workers’ revolts. A rare photograph features a sign workers affixed to one of the mills, which read “Bruree Soviet Workers Mills. We make bread not profits.” When a reporter from the Limerick Leader newspaper visited Bruree, he found the soviet had total control, “both industrially and otherwise.” The soviet ended on 3 September after the revolutionary nationalist Constance Markievicz threatened to use the Irish Republican Army to suppress the revolt. - #regrann (hier: Bruree, Limerick, Ireland) https://www.instagram.com/p/CEVx3u-Ifw1/?igshid=90tcuz9o0dxv

[corkcitylibraries]

It Seems Like Nothing Changes

by Paul Cussen

May 1919

1 May

 Dan O’Herlihy is born in Wexford (d. 2005)

Two people die, at least 40 are injured and 116 are arrested in May Day riots in Cleveland, Ohio.

2 May

Anarchist and pacifist Gustav Landauer is killed when the Bavarian Soviet Republic is overthrown (b. 1870)

  4 May

The Waterside Workers’ Federation (WWF) blockade a wharf to stop National Waterside Workers Union (NWWU) workers from reaching the Dimboola. NWWU workers arrive in boats down the river. The Fremantle Wharf riot ensues and Tom Edwards a WWF member is struck on the head by a police baton.

5 May

Séamus Ennis is born in Finglas (d. 1982)

Gunner John Ruth dies of TB in the Military Hospital.

5-6 May

The NAACP hold the National Conference on Lynching in Carnegie Hall, New York.  It takes almost a century for Senate to pass legislation prohibiting lynching (the Justice for Victims of Lynching Act, December 2018)

6 May

The Grattan Street bomb making factory is discovered after an explosion the  previous  week. British authorities announce that “between 200 and 300 bombs were discovered in barrels in the ground under the flooring of the house in which the explosion occurred.”

Novelist, poet and scriptwriter Lyman Frank Baum dies in Hollywood (b. 1856)

7 May

Having met President Wilson in April, the members of an Irish-American Commission visit Cork and receive an address from the Cork Poor Law Board.

Novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman is born in Philadelphia (d. 1995)

Tom Edwards dies in Fremantle Hospital.  An inquest finds his death to be accidental.

8 May

Volunteer Stephen Lehane is shot dead by friend and fellow Volunteer Daniel Hassett at the Short Castle paddock attached to Messrs. Cleeves’s condensed-milk factory in Mallow. Hassett found an old and dangerous revolver in a shed adjoining Messrs. Cleeves’s stable, where Lehane was employed as a groom. Hassett was putting the revolver into his pocket at about 9 a.m. when it went off accidentally, with the bullet striking Lehane in the head. After getting a priest to attend at the scene, Hassett promptly went to the Mallow police barracks, surrendered the revolver, and gave a statement about the accident to Head Constable O’Sullivan. (http://theirishrevolution.ie/cork-fatality-register-2/#.XECAsNL7SM8) 

9 May

A delegation of three Irish-Americans address Dáil Éireann before returning to Paris.

Anne Yeats is born in Dublin (d. 2001)

10 May

Poet, dramatist and journalist Ferdinando Fontana dies in Lugano (b. 1850)

Over 1,000 US sailors and some white civilians kill at least 165 African Americans in Charleston in little more than four hours before Marines, naval police and the city police restore order.

11 May

Parliamentary elections in Portugal result in the Democratic Party winning 86 of the 163 seats in the House of Representatives and 36 of the 71 seats in the Senate.

13 May 

Seán Hogan is rescued from RIC custody in Knocklong railway station on his 18th birthday. The rescue is carried out by the Third Tipperary Brigade and some of the East Limerick Brigade. Dan Breen and Seán Treacy are wounded while Constable Michael Enright and Sergeant Peter Wallace die. Constable Jeremiah Ring who had sent the information on the escort’s movements to the IRA will resign from the RIC in September.

Winnepeg City Council insist that :

‘.....all persons employed by the City should express their willingness to execute an agreement, undertaking that they will not either collectively or individually at any time go on strike but will resort to arbitration as a means of settlement and differences which may not be capable of amicable settlement.’

As a result 6,800 workers from 13 trades join the strike.

Private Thomas Bowler dies in the Central Military Hospital.

15 May

30,000 workers virtually the entire working population of Winnepeg are on strike.

A landing force, consisting of 13,000 soldiers, as well as auxiliary personnel, 14 transport ships and escorted by 3 British and 4 Greek destroyers arrive at Smyrna. Violence and disorder follow the peaceful landing of Greek troops. Jewish and Turkish premises are looted by Greek soldiers. The Inter-Allied Commission of Inquiry reported that:

‘On 15 and 16 May, countless acts of violence and looting targeted at the Turkish people and their homes took place in the town. Fezzes were stolen, which prevented the Turks from leaving their homes. Many women were raped. Some people were murdered. These acts of violence and looting were committed for the most part by a mob of Greeks from the town, although it has been proven that soldiers also joined in and that the military authorities took no effective measures to stop the acts of violence and looting until it was too late.’

16-17 May

145 Turks under Lieutenant Colonel Kazim Bey repel attacks by 800 Greek irregulars. When two Greek army companies arrive on a battleship accompanied by a British officer, Bey and his 25 soldiers surrender while the 120 militia unit retreat to the interior of Anatolia.

17 May 

The first of the Republican law courts is set up at Ballinrobe, County Mayo.

Members of Dáil Éireann send a letter to the head of the Paris Peace Conference, repudiating Britain’s claim to speak for Ireland.

20 May

Volunteer Lieutenant Michael Tobin dies of wounds received in the Grattan Street explosion.

At 4pm Seán Moylan who is on hunger strike escapes over a low hedge that separates the airing yard of the Cork City Lunatic Asylum from a field that leads to the road to Blarney. For more detail visit http://www.corkpastandpresent.ie/history/timeline-1918-1923/timeline/index1919.html

21 May

Lieutenant Michael Tobin’s remains are removed from the Mercy Hospital to the City church (SS. Peter & Paul’s) escorted by Volunteers, Fianna Boy Scouts, Citizen Army Boy & Girl Scouts, Cummann na mBan, the Clan na nGaedheal Girl Scouts and a large number of civilian mourners. The hearse was lead by fellow Volunteers and was followed by a pipe band. 

The Battle of Alexandrovsky Fort, the largest naval battle on the Caspian front during the Russian Civil War, takes place. Commodore Davis Norris leads the British Caspian Flotilla, sinking three Russian ships and causing the Russians to leave the base. White Admiral Kolchack criticizes the lack of the complete destruction of the Caspian flotilla.

26 May

Members of Dáil Éireann send a statement concerning “Ireland’s Case for Independence” to the Paris Peace Conference.

27 May

Red Guards from local factories are organized under the command of G. I. Borisov, and are supported by 150 troops of the 3rd Brigade of the 5th Division of the 3rd Ukrainian Soviet Army. They capture the local post office, railway station and telegraph office in Bender/Tighina protesting the annexation of Bessarabia by Romania. At least 150 of these rebels are captured and executed by the Romanian army and a unit of French colonial troops.

[wildyoungboy]

[May 13th 1919] Two Royal Irish Constabulary members were killed and Irish Republican Army volunteers Dan Breen and Seán Treacy were wounded while rescuing compatriot Seán Hogan from a guarded train carriage at Knocklong County Limerick.

[maxwellyjordan]

Justices release financial disclosures

Yesterday the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts released the 2017 financial disclosure reports for the justices of the Supreme Court. The reports are relatively opaque – they indicate the value of investments only in a wide range, for example – and do not include the value of the real estate in which the justices make their homes. But they nonetheless shed light on the justices’ investment holdings (including potential conflicts of interest) and travel, their work outside the court, and even the gifts that they receive.

Here are a few highlights from the reports:

Some justices received income from books that they have written (or plan to write). Justice Neil Gorsuch reported just over $9,000 in royalties for his book, “The Future of Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia” – not bad for an academic book, much less one published nine years ago. (Interest in the book no doubt increased after Gorsuch’s nomination and confirmation last year, as court watchers (including me) purchased the book to try to glean a hint of Gorsuch’s views on assisted suicide and, perhaps, abortion.) But Gorsuch’s income from royalties was dwarfed by that of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who received over $110,000 that she described as “advances against royalties for two books.”

Justice Stephen Breyer had perhaps the most interesting side job, as a juror for the prestigious Pritzker Architecture Prize. Other justices taught law school, served on the board of trustees for Colonial Williamsburg (Justice Anthony Kennedy), and served as a governing director of iCivics (Sotomayor), the civics-education group founded by retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Breyer’s service as a juror for the Pritzker took him to Mexico City and Lima, Peru. Here too, though, Sotomayor has the advantage in the “most exotic travel” category: She went to Arusha, Tanzania, with the American Bar Association’s Rule of Law Initiative.

They own a lot of stocks, bonds and rental properties. In case you were wondering, Chief Justice John Roberts still owns one-eighth of a cottage in Knocklong, County Limerick, Ireland; no word on whether it’s available for vacationers on Airbnb.

They don’t have a lot of debt. The only justice to report a liability was Sotomayor: a mortgage (in the $250,000 to $500,000 range) on her rental property in New York, which is valued at between $1 million and $5 million.

Roberts was the only justice to report a gift: an inscribed football helmet, valued at $579, from federal judges in Mississippi.

Kennedy, who has spent 43 years as a federal judge (on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit beginning in 1975 and on the Supreme Court since 1988) seemingly has the simplest investment portfolio of any of the justices: His report indicates that he has cash in a bank account and three whole-life-insurance policies.

This post was originally published at Howe on the Court.

The post Justices release financial disclosures appeared first on SCOTUSblog.

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[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in Irish History | 5 August:

1722 – Birth of William Henry Fortescue, politician and sportsman, who tried unsuccessfully in the 1760s to introduce a bill ‘to preserve partridges and hares and to take away the lives of above half the dogs in the nation’. 1829 – Birth of William Coffey VC DCM in Knocklong, Co Limerick. He was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the…

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 16 May 1920, workers at Knocklong creamery in County Limerick declared a soviet (workers' council) and established workers’ control of production. They prepared for the takeover by arranging deals for milk with local farmers and contracts to sell their butter with retailers. They hoisted a red flag and an Irish tricolour and for five days they continued production under the slogan “We make butter not profits.” They returned control to the owners in exchange for reduced hours, better pay, and the replacement of a hated manager. The success of their revolt inspired similar actions by employees at other businesses owned by the Cleeves family, including in Bruree, where a soviet was declared in 1921. https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1988801861304954/?type=3

[lovebabyessentials]

New Thatch Farm Pet-Friendly Cottage, Knocklong, County Limerick, Shannon (Ref 28611)

New Thatch Farm Pet-Friendly Cottage, Knocklong, County Limerick, Shannon (Ref 28611)

Description: New Thatch Farm is a delightful, thatched cottage that dates back over 400 years and is situated amongst serene countryside, just two miles from the village of Knocklong, near Kilmallock, Co. Limerick and can sleep four people. The cottage has a ground floor double bedroom with an en-suite shower room, a double bedroom, a ground floor shower room, a kitchen, a dining room, a sitting…

[seachranaidhe]

The Knocklong Rescue - 13th May 1919.

The Knocklong Rescue – 13th May 1919.

Sean Hogan was born in 1901 and educated in his local national school in Co. Tipperary and as a teenager he became a leader of the Third Tipperary Brigade of the IRA. He and Dan Breen, Sean Treacy and Seamus Robinson would become the “Big Four” and became among the most wanted and most famous and the most feared of the fugitive IRA gunmen during the War of Independence. Hogan, Breen, Treacy,…

[theriverlee]

Day 2 in Knocklong. Can I stay here forever and have an Irish Mam take care of me please? Also I'm stealing this nose warmer!! xx

[ohmerta]

Ruin on the Hill - Knocklong, Co. Limerick, Ireland

[stairnaheireann]

#OTD in 1919 – Two members of Royal Irish Constabulary are shot dead by Irish Volunteers including Seán Treacy and Dan Breen in an ambush at Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary.

At Soloheadbeg the war began, And the next was heard the song Of the rescue of Seán Hogan At the Station of Knocklong. On the same day, the first Dáil was meeting, an ambush takes place at Soloheadbeg, Co Tipperary that is now seen as being the opening skirmish in the War of Independence. An unauthorised attack led by Seán Treacy and Dan Breen resulted in the deaths of two RIC constables, James…