The Clare Champion Clare news, sport, entertainment and local notes
A FRONT page report of the Clare Champion described the transport of the coffins containing the six dead policeman through the town of Ennis.
It claimed that local businesses were told to close. “Early in the morning police went through the town, requiring the townspeople to close their housing during the passing of the funerals. As a result all places of business in the town were closed, and in the main thoroughfares nearly all the houses had their blinds drawn.”
It said that the bodies were carried in three vehicles, while all of the coffins were wrapped in Union Jacks.
The dead men were Constable Hodnett of Cork, Constable Hardman of London, Constable Keely of Roscommon, Constable Maguire of Mayo, Constable Harte of Sligo and Sergeant Hynes of Athlone.
Owen Ryan
Owen Ryan has been a journalist with the Clare Champion since 2007, having previously worked for a number of other regional titles in Limerick, Galway and Cork.
