Oct-12

A strong protest is made by Cardinal Logue and the six Roman Catholic northern bishops on the treatment of the Catholic minority by the Government of Northern Ireland.  “It is doubtful whether in modern times any parallel can be found for the way in which the Catholic minority in the north of Ireland is being systematically wronged under the laws of the northern parliament.”  They focused on four areas:  (1) the abolition of Proportional Representation and the gerrymandering of constituencies; (2) the Education Act under which they say Catholic schools are starved unless they go under control of northern state; (3) the imposition of an oath of allegiance on teachers and (4) the Boundary question.

Phoenix (1994), pg 292

Oct-13

Hunger Strike by Anti-Treaty prisoners begins in Mountjoy and soon spreads to other prisons and camps.  Anti-Treatyites claim that at one stage 8,000 are on strike. 

O'Farrell P (1997), pg xxiv

Oct-13

Noel Lemass, Capt in Anti-Treaty IRA (and brother of Sean Lemass) is found dead near Glencree in the Dublin mountains.

Litton (1995) pg 135

Oct-29

Meeting by border nationalist in Omagh calls, inter alia, for the setting up of the Boundary Commission as soon as possible.  Similar meeting take place along the border in the following period.

Phoenix (1994), pg 293

Oct-30

In a speech, Kevin O’Higgins expressed the hope that the forthcoming conference might result in a better outcome for the whole country than the operation of the Treaty provisions.

Phoenix (1994), pgs 294-295

Oct-31

Sir John Anderson, representing the British Government in Dublin reports that ‘The belief is prevalent that the [Pro-Treaty] Government is abandoning all claims’

Hopkinson (1988), pg 251

End-Oct

The North-Eastern Boundary Bureau sends Hugh A. MacCartan on a second fact-finding mission to Belfast and Derry.

Phoenix (1994), pgs 295-296