H  `."System- "Systemgl`-"System--@Times New Roman--- 82 q`cThe Ballytrain Barracks Attack            2 qdc   82 `cThe Ballytrain Barracks Attack            2 dc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- z2 `JcThe IRA, under Eoin O'Duffy, captures its first RIC barracks in Ulster at                 @Times New Roman--------- .2 `cBallytrain, Co Monaghan      ---  2 )c  --------- 2 '` cMore Detail  ---  2 'c  --- >2 O`"cThere were about 120 IRA men invol       L2 Oz+cved in the attack and they were armed with               d2 e`;ca dozen rifles, twenty revolvers and about thirty shotguns.               2 e%c   2 e*c  %2 e/cThe barracks was       z2 z`Jcdefended by six RIC men (Sgts Lawton and Graham and Constables Gallagher,                    ;2 ` cMurtagh, McDonnell and one other        2 vc).  2 c   2 c   2 c   /2 `cAt first the RIC refused       2 c  ^2 7cto surrender but they did after the IRA blow a hole in                   y2 `Icthe gable end of the barracks with gelignite stolen from Monaghan County                    2 `cCouncil.   2 c   2 c  m2 AcSix carbines and ammunition in the barracks was taken by the IRA                      D2 `&cand the surrendered RIC were released.           2 c   2 c   2 c   2 ` cAmong the IR    h2 >cA who took part in the attack were Ernie OMalley, Dan Hogan,                 t2 6`FcSeamus McKenna, Terry Magee, James Flynn, Phil Marron, P J Daly, John                   s2 K`EcDonnolly, Thomas Donnelly, Patrick McDonnell, Charles Walton, Barney                  22 a`cMarron and Patrick McCabe.        2 aFc   2 aKc  2 aP c(ODrisceoil   2 ac   2 acsays that Pead     &2 a(car ODonnell also      2 v` ctook part.)    2 vc   y2 `IcDooley suggests that the one other constable present in the barracks was                     |2 `KcConstable Fox. Lawlor doesnt give the name of Constable McDonnel but does                   z2 `Jcgive the names of Constables Nelson and Roddy. He also says that ODuffy                  2 `censu   w2 Hcred that injured RIC men were given medical attention and that it was a                       42 `cmajor propaganda success.        2 @c   2 `PcLawlor notes that within a month most of those who took part in the attack were                     R2 2`/carrested (which suggests that the RIC had good            )2 2cintelligence on the       2 2dclocal    2 2cIRA)  2 2c.   2 2c  --- 2 Z`cBack    2 Zc @Times New Roman---- @ !*\`- "Arial--ccbbaa