THE Post reported on an inquest that had taken place two days earlier at the Dublin County Coroner's Court on the body of a young woman named Honor Kennedy, who had been taken from the Royal Canal at Broadstone on the previous evening.

"THOMAS Kennedy deposed that he was a brother of the deceased, who had lived as a thorough servant in the family of Doctor Stephens at Summerhill; on Sunday a peace officer came to witness's house to look for his sister, who had left her place; it was on that occasion stated to him that a bundle of clothes had been found tied up after her, and which she intended to have taken out of the house, and that several things belonging to Mrs Stephens had been stolen.

"Thomas Kennedy agreed to go in search of his sister and he found her in what was described as 'a cellar in Mary Street'. He remonstrated with her on her actions and offered to return on the following morning with money to help her leave Dublin.

However, Thomas never saw his sister alive again and told the coroner that he was certain "that she had drowned herself under the influence of despair".

"Verdict: Found Drowned" The Leinster Journal 1-4 April, 1767 "FROM Killarney in the county of Kerry, we are told that one Laughlin Brady lately attempted to rob an eagle's nest over the famous lake in that place, when the parent bird was in sight, the eagle flew at him with great fierceness, upon which he tried to make a prudent retreat, but being too precipitate, he slipped from the rock and fell into the lake. This circumstance would not have been attended with any fatal consequence, as he was an excellent swimmer, had not the eagle pursued him into the water, and striking with unceasing fury at his head, reduced him to the necessity of diving every moment, so that he became quite exhausted at length, and was actually drowned . . . it is remarkable, that when the body was taken out of the water, the eyes were picked out of the head, and the whole face so dreadfully mangled that a more shocking spectacle could not be raised up to imagination."

Irish Times 4 April 1913 'ULSTER'S Hour For Action'. "Captain James Craig MP, speaking at the weekly meeting of the West Belfast Unionist Club said in reference to the Home Rule Bill that the time was short, and the hour for action slowly, but surely coming. In the near future, they would be called upon to make good their vows so solemnly recorded in their Covenant. Their cause was just, and they were determined by any means to uphold the traditions of their illustrious forefathers (applause). Compromise was entirely out of the question. He could assure them that their leaders were ready to take action to defend the principles which were already embodied in their Solemn League and Covenant (applause).

"Colonel O'Callaghan Westropp (Co Clare), in supporting, said he could faithfully promise the loyalists of Ulster that when the occasion arose the loyalists of the South and West were ready to render them any assistance in their power."