RIC Constable Robert Boyd Shot Dead in Tipperary Pub 1921

#OnThisDay 1921 Constable Robert Boyd (not in pic), from Banbridge Down, was shot dead while off duty&drinking in Mrs Moran’s bar in Cappawhite, Tipperary. Mrs Moran’s niece was hit in the leg by a ricochet. Afterwards two businesses in the town were set ablaze in reprisal.

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