Tipperary under National League Coercion. >From a Book called "About Ulster". List of Outrages committed in connection with the Smith-Barry Estate in Tipperary. The methods by which the Agitation is maintained. This list does not include the outrages committed on the Police. 4th Sept 1889-The houses of J. Doherty, James O'Neill, Edmond Fitzgerald, who bought in their interest at the Sheriff's Sale, were wrecked by a mob of 3,000, followed by a band. 5th Sept 1889-Joseph Woods, Caretaker, had his donkey-cart, with a load of straw and some oats, set on fire and totally consumed. 7th Sept 1889-A metal box, of a cart wheel, charged with powder, was exploded in the Estate Office window of Mr. Smith Barry, M.P. 13th Sept 1889-A metal box, charged with gunpowder, was thrown into Edmond Fitzgerald's yard, and an explosion occurred. Fitzgerald had purchased his interest at the Sheriff's sale. 16th Sept. 1889-A leaden pipe, charged with gunpowder, was thrown against the back bedroom of Heffernan's house. Explosion occurred without injury, except to break a pane of glass. Heffernan dealt with Fitzgerald. (See Above). 26th Sept. 1889-Patrick Barlow's cart stopped in the street, and a parcel of calico which had been purchased from James O'Neill (A boycotted shopkeeper) was taken out and burned, after first being saturated with oil. 27th Sept. 1889-Some powder, rolled in brown paper, placed in J. Ryan's window, with fuse attached. Explosion occurred, breaking the glass. 29th Nov. 1889-A leaden pipe, full of gunpowder, thrown through Mr. Nolan's plate glass window into his office. 2nd Dec. 1889-A shell, filled with powder, placed near a police patrol and exploded, breaking the eave-shoot of a house and a gas lamp adjacent. 5th Dec. 1889-Printed Boycotting Notices posted in Tipperary. 6th Dec. 1889-Two windows smashed at the house of Patrick Hanrahan, Clerk of the Works on Mr. Smith-Barry's Estate. A bottle full of blasting powder, with fuse attached left outside. 20th Dec. 1889-Five shots fired into the house of John Quinlan. He had paid his rent. 16th to 30th Dec. 1889-A number of sub-tenants, who were evicted in Tipperary Town, on the 31st Dec., burned the doors, window sashes, etc, before leaving, in order to injure the property. 1st Jan. 1890-Three panes of glass and a shutter broken by stones in Dr. Nadin's window, and three panes of glass broken in John Maloney's window. 18th Feb. 1890-Six shots fired at Pegsboro', two of which went through the window of Mr. Bell's house. Mr. bell was believed to sympathise with Mr. Smith-Barry. 27th April 1890-Boycotting notices found posted in town and neighbourhood, calling on the people to boycott eleven shopkeepers and farmers believed to have paid their rents. 14th June 1890-A bag of flour, the property of Mrs Fahey, of Drumwood, Dundrum, cut open. She had purchased the flour from Rutherford, a boycotted shopkeeper. 24th June 1890-When passing down Meeting Street, James English, servant to Mr. Rutherford, mentioned above, was struck on the head by a heavy weapon. 19th June 1890-The children of the Convent and other schools out on strike because children of unpopular persons attended it. A man named Quinlan, when passing into the town, was stoned and hooted by those children, because he had paid his rent. A little girl had stones thrown at her because she attended the school. 20th June 1890-Wm.Sadlier, (Son of Mrs Sadlier, of Carroclough, boycotted because she paid her rent) met on his way home from Tipperary, and attacked with stones from behind a wall. 24th June 1890-A number of Boycotting notices found posted through the town and neighbourhood to boycott certain persons who had paid their rent. The house of P. Clifford wrecked and his wife assaulted. He had supplied unpopular persons with newspapers, and his name appeared in a Boycotting notice. 25th June 1890-A brass tube, filled with gunpowder, thrown by Thomas Kirwan at the house of J.F. Duggan, a shopkeeper, boycotted because he paid his rent. (Kirwan was convicted and sentenced at the Nenagh Assizes to 18 months in prison with hard labour.) 28th June 1890-Two female servants of Mrs White, of Greenrath (Boycotted because she paid her rent.), attacked on the road home from Tipperary by two men, who were immediately arrested. 20th Aug. 1890-An earthenware jar, filled with gunpowder, and fuse attached, exploded on the fanlight over the shop of James Godfrey (Boycotted Shopkeeper) dinging the side posts of the doors and breaking glass. 30th Aug. 1890-Boycotting notices found posted, calling on the people to boycott a man named Barrett. 5th Sept. 1890-Three iron spikes driven into the ground in the corner of the meadow of Mrs. White, injuring her mowing machine. (Mrs White boycotted because she paid her rent.) 11th Sept. 1890-Glass in the window of Jockey's room, racecourse, and four panes in another were broken, and a window and some fixtures taken away, the property of James Sadlier, who was boycotted for paying his rent. 20th Sept. 1890-Two windows and fanlight in Michael Gillane's house broken with stones. 25th Sept. 1890-A jar, filled with powder, with fuse attached, placed on the window sill of Dr. O'Ryan's house, which exploded, breaking several panes of glass. 12th Oct. 1890-Notices of a scurrilous nature posted around the town, calling on the taxpayers not to elect Messrs. Breen and Co. to some vacant places in the Town Council, because they had protested against the system of intimidation reigning in Tipperary. 13th Oct. 1890-Rev. D. Humphries, C.C., meeting Sergt. Jas. Mullin, RIC, and his wife, accused the latter of being a prostitute, and assaulted her by seizing her by the shoulder and attempting to drag her away. He was fined £20 or 3 months in in prison, at the Petty Sessions, on the 23/10/1890 2nd Nov. 1890-Mrs Mullin, the injured woman in above case, lodged with Mrs. Linney, also a policeman's wife, and on that account Mrs. Linney was assaulted by a man named Fleming on the street, who struck her with his fist in her stomach. This brought on a miscarriage, which endangered her life. She had been previously threatened. (Fleming was convicted and sentenced at the Nenagh Assizes to 18 months in prison with hard labour. 10th Nov. 1890-A man unknown threw stones at Mrs Mahoney, and afterwards broke into the evicted house of Jno. Lowrey, into which the Mahoney's were about to move as caretakers. Glass was broken and the tops of the chimney pulled down. 14th Nov. 1890-The house from which Patrick Halloran was evicted on the 5/5/1890 found on fire by a police patrol so as to deter Halloran from re-taking possession. 15th Nov. 1890-A house from which Patrick Lysaght was evicted on 6/6/1890 was discovered on fire. Four men with white cloths on their faces were seen going into the house and afterwards running away. House burned. 19th Nov. 1890-House formerly occupied by Mrs Eliza O'Connor (Evicted) known as the Railway Hotel, redeemed by the Bank of Ireland, set fire to in the rear to prevent anyone taking it. 22nd Nov. 1890-House from which John Lowry was evicted on the 22/10/1890 burned down, to prevent former tenant re-taking it. 29th Nov. 1890-Notice posted in and about Tipperary to boycott various shopkeepers, etc., tenants of Mr. Smith Barry, and persons who had given evidence in the recent case against William O'Brien. M.P., and others. 7th Dec. 1890-A notice posted in Lisvernane similar to above. 21st Dec. 1890-A notice posted in and around Tipperary calling on the people to treat traitors as traitors ever were treated. 6th Jan. 1891-Printed Boycotted Notices posted in and around Tipperary to boycott certain shopkeepers and farmers who had paid their rent. 8th-9th Jan. 1891-A barn, the property of Mr. Smith-Barry, was maliciously torn down at Carronreddy, formerly belonging to Mr. Dawson, Town Clerk. A cabin roof pulled down and timber taken away. 27th Jan. 1891-Michael Landers was arrested posting a Boycotting Notice in Tipperary, calling on all Nationalists to boycott, crush, and banish various shopkeepers and tenants on the Smith-Barry Estate. (Convicted and sentenced at the Cork Assizes to 12 months in prison with hard labour.) 28th Jan. 1891-Michael Hanley caught posting one of the above Boycotting Notices, and four more found in his possession. (Pleaded guilty, and sentenced at the Cork Assizes to 18 months in prison with hard labour.) John Foley, a well known vigilance man, arrested on suspicion of having fire arms. An explosive substance was found in his possession, with a fuse attached. (Convicted and sentenced at the Cork Assizes to 7 years penal servitude. 6th Feb. 1891-Col Cadwell, R.M., was returning to Tipperary by car, and when at Bohercrow, beside the house of an evicted tenant, a wire was tightly stretched across the road in order to throw the horse. 15th Feb. 1891-Mr. Wm. Baker found a wire stretched breast-high across the public road between Bansha and Ballydavid. Mr. Bates, Stock Manager, and Mr. Bowles, Dairy Manager, to Mr. Smith Barry, were fishing at the time, and were expected to return that way. 2nd April 1891-A caretaker employed by Mr. Smith Barry attacked by seven men. His revolver missed fire, and he had to fly for his life. One of the men was arrested, and sentenced to a month in prison with hard labour.