Siege_of_Tralee

Siege of Tralee

Siege of Tralee

Curfew imposed by the Black and Tans on Tralee, County Kerry in 1920

The siege of Tralee was an event that took place between 1 and 9 November 1920 in Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland.

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History

Patrick Cahill, the Officer Commanding Kerry No. 1 Brigade, Irish Republican Army instructed the Tralee Battalion to carry out reprisal attacks for the death (on hunger strike) of Sinn Féin Lord Mayor of Cork Terence MacSwiney.[1] On the night of 31 October 1920, RIC Constable Patrick Waters and RIC Constable Ernest Bright had been kidnapped, shot and killed by IRA volunteers in Tralee.[2] In response to the seizure of two of their colleagues and in an attempt to recover the bodies,[3] British Black and Tans imposed a curfew on the town, shot local people who appeared on the streets, insisted that the local businesses close and stopped all food and drink from entering the town.[4] Tralee Town Hall and several shops were burned down and two civilians were shot dead (John Conway and Tommy Wall).[5]

Hamar Greenwood, the Chief Secretary for Ireland, ordered that the siege be lifted on 9 November 1920.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    O'Halpin, Eunan & Ó Corráin, Daithí (2020), The Dead of the Irish Revolution. Yale University Press, pg 208-209
  2. [2]
    "Constable Ernest Bright, 34; Constable Patrick Waters, 24". RIC Roll of Honor. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    "The New Zealander who became front page news during the War of Independence". Irish Examiner. 21 June 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  4. [4]
    "The Siege of Tralee, November 1 – 9, 1920". The Irish Story. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  5. [5]
    O'Halpin, pg 208.
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