`."System- "Systemglze-"System--@Times New Roman--- 72 x`cReprisals after Rineen Ambush         2 x`c  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- 82 `cIn the aftermath of the Rineen            2 Kc  2 Pcambush    52 c, there are major reprisals        2 ] cby Crown      2 `cForces  _2 8cin the villages of Ennistymon, Lahinch and Miltown Malby                 2 Vc  2 Y cin Co. Clare     2 c.   2 `PcAs well as the burning and looting of many houses and premises, these reprisals                   ,2 `cresult in the deaths o         2 cf 2 c,  2 cat least    2 Lc,  2 Qc  S2 V0csix people (all but one of the victims of these              42 `creprisals are civilians).        2 c  ---  2 "`c   2 >` cMore Detail    2 >c  --- S2 Z`0cImmediately after the Rinneen ambush, the repris              82 Zcals start. Two houses in the         |2 p`Kcvicinity of the ambush are set on fire by Crown Forces and their occupants                     2 `Rcterrorised. In addition, an elderly man, Sean Keane, is out working in his field                      2 c   2 c  @"Calibri--------- 22 `che is shot at and wounded        2 3c   2 =c  12 Bche dies on October 1st.     ---  2 c  --- 2 ` cThat night Cr     k2 @cown Forces arrived at the home of Dan Lehane (two of whose sons                  2 `Sctook part in the ambush). After interrogation, Dan Lehane is shot in front of his                    @Times New Roman------------------ q2 `Dcwife and family and his house is burnt. He was to die on October 27              --- 2 }cth---  2 c.---  2 c  --- C2 `%cLater, the RIC run amok in Ennistymon            D2 &c, Lahinch and Miltown Malbay killing,             2 `Ncat least, four more people and burning 26 buildings, including Ennistymon and                       &2 )`cLahinch Townhalls.       2 )c   2 )c  Y2 )4cTerrorised local people escape to the countryside.               2 )c   p2 E`CcThe other people killed during these reprisals were Tom Connole (wh                2 Eco was    82 Z`csecretary of the local T&GWU)          2 Z\c-  2 Zbc  =2 Zg!che was dragged from his house in           2 p`QcEnnistymon, put up against a wall and shot through the head in front of his wife                      .2 `cand two young children        2 c   2 !c  _2 $8chis house is then burnt. Patrick J Linnane is also shot               .2 `cdead in Ennistymon when          2 -c  V2 22ctrying to put out a fire in a neighbours house.              y2 `IcJoseph Salmon or Sammon (an East Clare farmer on holidays in Lahinch) is                      2 `Mcshot dead as he emerges from the house which he was staying. Patrick Pake                     (2 `cLehane (son of Dan       2 c   2 c  >2 "csee above), who had taken part in         ,2  cthe Rineen ambush, is          2 `Rcsleeping in the attic of Flanagans in Lahinch when it is set alight by the RIC.                       _2 `8cHis charred body is found the next day. OFarrell says            2 ca   2 &cthat man from      2 `NcMilltown Malbay called Lynch was also killed but this is not confirmed by any                       2 1`cothe   2 1Ncr source. Ruairc says that a young girl called Norah Fox is also killed by                    +2 F`cthe BA in Ennistymon.        2 Fc   2 c`PcIn his October report, the Inspector General of the RIC says that the reprisals                      }2 x`Lchad a most satisfactory effect on the whole county and said that practica                    2 xclly    V2 `2cno Sinn Finer now ever sleeps in his own home.               2 c   z2 `JcAfterwards, General Macready writes to Chief of the Imperial Staff, Henry                   v2 `GcWilson saying down in Ennistymon, the Royal Scots carried out certain                     _2 `8cretaliations by numbers under the control of the CO               .2  cif the CO had not done        }2 `Lcwhat he did, he would probably not have held his men As the regiment is a                      "Arial--ccbbaa