Hard times in Clare in worldwide press 1882-1929

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5 Nov 1882 Chicago Tribune
"The Irish Times correspondent says: 'Great distress exists in the County Clare, owing to the failure of the potato crop, an epidemic among the pigs...' "

Event of 30 Sep 1886, reported in New York Times (full article online)
Short article with two interesting facts - Milltown Malbay women attacking police while husbands hid cattle during Kelly eviction; a spy for Clare inside Dublin Castle
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-fr ... 94679FD7CF

Brisbane Courier 4 Mar 1892
"A shocking outrage was perpetrated at ... 17th January, near Tulla, county Clare. Mr. Charles Perry, land agent, was driving..." Brother-in-law of Judge Browne shot again, in the leg, crawled to the road and met a man named Meehan, who fled, leaving behind his horse and cart, which Perry then used to get help.
http://ndpbeta.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/3538389

New York Times 3 Jan 1893 (full article online)
Judge Browne's daughters' encounter with violence in Tulla; Parnellites in Kilrush:
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-fr ... 94629ED7CF

LAWLESSNESS IN COUNTY CLARE
Chicago Tribune 4 Mar 1893

New York Times 30 Jun 1917
"The Central News correspondent at Ennis, County Clare, Ireland, says that 500 infantrymen, wlth machine guns, have arrived for duty..."

New York Times 27 Feb 1918 article repeating London's view of violence in Clare resulting in troops sent
http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-fr ... 946996D6CF

DE VALERA MUST RUN CAMPAIGN FROM JAIL CELL [in Ennis]
Chicago Tribune 16 Aug 1923

29 Mar 1929 Chicago Tribune
"REVOLT FEARED AS FAMINE GRIPS. COUNTY CLARE. BELFAST, Ireland, March 28.-[By the Associated Press.1-A. picture of conditions in County Clare was..."