`."System- "System gl\/-"System--@Times New Roman--- R2 x`/cThe Killing of Sgt ODonoghue and its Aftermath          2 xc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- V2 `2cRIC Sergeant James O'Donoghue is shot dead by the             ,2 cIRA in White St, Cork         2 `cCity.    2 c   2 c  p2 CcAfter this killing, the RIC kill three men (Patrick Hanley; Eugene                  y2 `IcO'Connell and James Coleman) in retaliation and wound a number of others                    2 `Pc(one very seriously). Also, the IRA subsequently kill up to three men who they                       2 `csuspect   v2 Gced of informing the RIC about who carried out the ODonoghue killing.                    2 c  --- 2 "` cMore Detail    2 "c  ---@Times New Roman------------ @2 >`#cPeter Hart starts his seminal work       --- .2 >rcThe I.RA. & Its Enemies   ---  2 >+c  #2 >0cwith a detailed        }2 T`Lcaccount of the killing of Sgt ODonoghue and its consequences. According to                   +2 i`cHart (and Abbott), O    b2 i:cDonoghues killers were brothers Willie (Joe) and Charlie           =2 ~`!cOBrien and, their future brother           2 ~Wc- 2 ~]cin   2 ~lc- G2 ~r(claw, Justin OConnor. All were members        2 `Ncof 1st Battalion, Cork No. 1 Brigade. (Along with quoting Hart, OHalpin and                     L2 `+c Corrin quote another source saying that            =2 !cthe killers were Tommy Healy and         @Times New Roman---------@"Calibri------------ >2 `"cWillie Joe OBrien of G Company, 1       --- 2 cst---  2 c  @2 #cBattalion, Cork No.1 Brigade IRA.)          ---  2 c  --- |2 `KcThe attack on Sgt ODonoghue had not been authorised by Cork No. 1 Brigade                       |2 `Kcofficers and, a week after his killing, the Cork IRA apologise in writing t                 2 co his   --- k2 `@cfamily. Those who took part are court martialled but acquitted.                ---  2 Wc  --- 2 "`c   2 "jc   2 >`McThat night three men were shot dead in Cork City by men in military uniform.                      2 T`OcThe first, Patrick Hanley, who was a member of Fianna ireann, is shot dead at                    22 i`chis home in 2 Broad Lane o         U2 i01cr Street. The second, James Coleman, a member of            2 `NcSinn Fin (but not of the IRA), is shot dead at his home at 15 North Mall and                       }2 `Lcthe third, Eugene O'Connell, is shot dead at 7 or 17 Broad Lane or 28 Broad                       [2 `5cStreet. Borgonovo says that OConnell was a member o           22 cf the IRA but this is not        s2 `Ecconfirmed by Hart or OHalpin & Corrin with Hart quoting a source                    ^2 `7c(OConnells wife) saying that he never joined the IRA.              2 c   }2 `LcTwo others (Charlie O'Brien; 17 Broad Lane and Stephen Coleman, 2 Broad St)                       72 `care wounded. OBrien was ser       O2 R-ciously wounded. (OFarrell says that Stephen             h2 `>cColeman died but this is not confirmed by any other source.)                2 Hc   2 8`McCharlie OBrien was the only person targeted by the RIC who took part in the                       v2 M`Gckilling of Sgt ODonoghue. However, according to Hart, both Hanley and                    |2 c`KcOConnell were associated with the OBrien brothers. (OConnell was their                  2 x`cbrother     2 xc- 2 xcin   2 xc- Y2 x4claw and Hanley was friendly with Charlie OBrien.)              2 xVc   n2 `BcBecause the RIC obviously knew who was involved in the killing of                     X2 `3cODonoghue within hours of it happening, the IRA we           (2 cnt in search of an        2 `Ocinformer. According to Hart, suspicion fell on Din Din ORiordan (who was a                       42 `cmember of the IRA and an ex         2 >c- U2 D1cBA soldier) and he was arrested and interrogated              2 `Mcby the IRA. According to Harts source, ORiordan confessed to informing on                    "Arial--ccbbaa