John ‘Terry’ Sherlock Killed by Black and Tans, Dublin 1920

#OnThisDay 1920 John ‘Terry’ Sherlock, Fingal IRA was taken from his home by the Black and Tans, shot and bayonetted to death in a field. Sherlock had fought under Thomas Ashe at Ashbourne during the Easter Rising. Sherlock Park in Skerries is named after him.

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