`."System- "Systemfgl|XF-"System--@Times New Roman--- (2 x`cLandmine in Youghal      2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman------------ /2 `cA bomb is hidden in culv         2  cert near   --- 2 `cYoughal ---  2 c  @2 #cby the IRA. Early in the morning,            y2 `Icwhen the regimental band and X company of the BAs Hampshire Regiment is                      }2 `Lcpassing where the bomb is hidden, it is detonated electrically from over 60                  @"Calibri--------- ^2 `7cyards away. This results in seven deaths and a large nu                  2  cmber injured.    ---  2 {c  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- 2 )`PcThis bombing results in 29 casualties (according to Hart). Hopkinson says seven                       y2 >`Icare killed and 21 wounded. Kautt says seven fatalities and 19 wounded.                   p2 T`CcOHalpin and Corrin give the following seven Hampshire Regiment                        2 i` cfatalities   2 ic: Lance   2 ic- g2 i=cCorporal Reginald McCall: Boy Frederick Evans (17); Private                 z2 ~`JcFrederick Washington; Corporal Charles Whichelow; Bandsman Francis Burke;                      v2 `GcBoy George Simmons (15) and Boy Frederick Hesterman (14). Quoting a BA                   J2 `*csource, OHalpin and Corrin also say th             2  cat twenty     2  c- +2 cone other ranks were      2 ` cwounded.    2 c   2 `NcIn the aftermath of the explosion, soldiers from the Hampshire shoot dead the                        2 `Pcdriver of a jaunting car, John Kenure, for failing to stop. They also wound his                      72 `cpassenger, Father Roche. Col         2 Lc- 22 RcCommandant H. W. Higginson       2 Fc  2 K cof the 17th      2 `ScInfantry Brigade of the 6th Division of the BA in Ireland later wrote neither the                        |2 1`Kcdeceased nor Father Roche heard any order to halt [however] No blame can                        G2 F`(cbe attached to the [British] Forces.            2 Fc  @Times New Roman--------------- D2 b`&cThe bomb was planted by men from the 4            --- 2 ]cth---  2 bc  2 bcBat  72 bctalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade.           v2 x`GcMcCarthy says Michael Fitzgerald was the triggerman but OHalpin and                   ------ d2 `;cCorrin say it was Paddy OReilly of the Youghal Company.               2 Lc ---  2 Qc  --- 2 `OcA lot is made in British propaganda about the age of the Boys killed. Sheehan                     2 ` csays that    /2 cThe killing of the band        2 \c- J2 b*cboys was something that disgusted many in             z2 `Jcthe British forces and led to a hardening in their attitude to the IRA.                     2 cDublin     U2 `1cCastle issue a statement saying that Such a cold               2 c- 42 cblooded atrocity is almost          :2 `cunbelievable in the present cen        M2 Q,ctury. It would seem that someone in Dublin             82 `cCastle had forgotten the cold          2 Kc- I2 Q)cblooded atrocity which Crown Forces had               P2 *`.ccommitted in Croke Park on Bloody Sunday (see             2 *cNov   2 * c- 2 *c21   2 *#c- 2 *) c20/8) or    2 *m cthe even      2 @` cmore cold     2 @c- b2 @:cblooded atrocity carried out by Crown Forces in Amritsar                 2 @c(see   2 U`cApr   2 Uc- 2 Uc13   2 Uc- w2 UHc19/1). In both Croke Park and Amritsar, Crown Forces killed civilians,                    --- 72 k`cmany of whom were children.       ---  2 kTc    2 `c  --- |2 `KcSheehan notes the increased use of land mines by the IRA and comments that                    n2 `Bcbecause of the low numbers of personnel required and IRA stockpil                 2 {ces of    2 `Mcexplosives, by July 1921 the roadside bomb had replaced the flying column as                          2 `Scthe principal military threat faced by the [British] army. He does not speculate                       "Arial--ccbbaa