EXCITING CHASE AFTER LUNATIC
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On Christmas Eve a young man escaped from Limerick Asylum of which he was an inmate, and traveled right through East Limerick to the Tipperary border, remaining several days at large. On Monday morning was brought to the police barracks at Oola that the man was two miles away at Newtownellard. Constable Murphy started in pursuit, and after an exciting chase along the public road at Ballyneety the lunatic took to the fields where the constable came up with him, and after a violent struggle with the man, who is of powerful build, succeeded in hand cuffing him. He was brought back in the evening to Limerick. Much credit is due to Constable Murphy for tackling, single-handed, and capturing the fugitive.
This blog was started as part of a project for college. I have always been fascinated by the War of Independence as my family were involved. My maternal grandfatehr was part of the Third Tipperary Brigade Fifth Battalion. There is no online archive for The Nationalist newspaper- you must travel to the Thurles library to view the microfilm archives in person. I hope this helps anyone who is interested in these events but can't travel to Thurles.
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