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Commemoration of two innocent Limerick men murdered by Black and Tans in Boher
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Patrick McNamara, grand-nephew of James O’Neill, Brendan Quirke, organiser, Des Long and his wife Annette and his brother Jack, second cousin of Michael Blake );
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THE TRAGIC events of Bloody Sunday on November 21, 1920, are well documented but what happened in Boher on the evening before, less so.
Local man, Brendan Quirke said it was really a “bloody weekend”, which started twelve hours previously at the Cross of Grange, when two innocent men were murdered by the Black and Tans. These two men, James O’Neill and Michael Blake, were the first victims to die that historic weekend, said Mr Quirke.