1915 The Kaiser’s Head At Athenry Petty Sessions, keen interest was manifested in the hearing of the prosecution under the Defences of the Realm regulations against...
1915 ‘God Bless Germany’ Thomas Finnerty, Claddagh; two months with hard labour. Martin Walsh, Claddagh; a fortnight with hard labour. These were the sentences passed by...
1915 Volunteers jailed At the Dublin Police Court on Wednesday, Mr. Mahony sentenced John McDermott to four months’ imprisonment with hard labour, and Mr. F. Sheehy-Skeffington...
1915 Rotten eggs At the City Petty Sessions, Patrick Nolan summoned Edward Kiely, shop assistant, in the employment of Mr. Thomas Keane, Shop-street, Galway for assault....
1915 German spy arrested On Wednesday evening last, a well-dressed man named Mason, from Roscrea, was noticed around the docks, his object, as alleged at the...
1915 Lusitania victim The grim realities of German “frightfulness” were brought home to the residents of Galway on Wednesday, when one of the coast patrol boats...
1915 Lusitania sunk “We are not fighting men, but reptiles – cunning, treacherous and envenomed.” So commented a popular illustrated paper on Monday in demanding that,...
1915 The submarine menace The submarine menace is still with us, and the murder policy of the modern Hun was exemplified in the torpedoeing of the...