Three young Tullamore men executed by Free State in Birr castle
Tullamore, 27 January 1923 - Three young men from Tullamore, Co. Offaly, were executed at Birr Castle yesterday morning.
The men have been named as Patrick Cunningham, William Conroy and
Colm Kelly. All three had been tried by a military court on 5
January 1923 on the charge of possessing, without proper
authority, firearms at Tullamore on November 21st, 1922.
The men were also charged with ‘feloniously and
burglariously entering with intent the houses of several residents
in Tullamore and stealing therefrom a silver watch, several sums
of money, with other goods and chattels.’
All three were found guilty and sentenced to death, a sentence which was discharged at 8am yesterday.
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.
