HC Deb 12 September 1887 vol 321 c269
SIR JAMES COREY (Armagh, Mid)

asked the Chief Secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, If it is true that a number of people from Ready attended a Nationalist meeting at Middle-town on Sunday last (4th), and, when returning, those on the first car, on passing the church of the Rev. Dr. Irwin at Madden, where service was being conducted, began shouting and fired a revolver, and those following fired revolvers at the congregation when leaving the church, to the great alarm of the women and children; and, whether the parties are known to the police?

THE PARLIAMENTARY UNDER SECRETARY (Colonel KING-HARMAN) (Kent, Isle of Thanet)

(who replied) said: It is the case that as a number of people from Ready were returning on cars from a Nationalist meeting at Middletown on Sunday, September 4, some of them indulged in Party cries and fired several shots along the way. When opposite Madden Church, where the congregation were leaving, some revolver shots were fired, and again passing the school-house. The women and children along the road were greatly alarmed. No one, however, appears to have been injured. None of the parties are at present known to the police; but every effort is being made to discover their names.