3-4-1909 From the Times. Lawlessness at Thurles. Shortly after 7 O'Clock last night a crowd of man, women, and children assembled in Tjurles and preceded with torch bearers and a man ringing a bell, they marched towards the Square. A house from which a tenant has been recently evicted was attacked and the windows and doors were smashed with stones. The police intercepted the crowd before it reached the Square. The people shouted defiantly, but were prevailed upon to to return to their homes. For disturbances which have recently taken place in the town a number of summonises have been issued, and last night a defence fund was opened and a house to house collection was begun. At Thurles quarter sessions yesterday, before County Court, Judge Moore, William Maher County Councillor, and his mother were awarded £180 compensation for the malicious destruction of a shed and 55 tons of hay. The evidence showed that the Estates Commissioners had divided two estates called Killoskehane and Barnane and that a good deal of friction arose in the district of Templemore as to who should get the land. A man named Donovan got a portion of the land, but an outcry was raised and he disappeared from the district. A cousin of the applicant next got the place, and when he went into possession drums were beaten around the holding, resolutions were passed, and hostile demonstrations were held. During the division of the lands the Estates Commissioner's Inspector, the applicant said, was guarded by 100 Policemen. Since the land has been divided parties gathered about the applicant's house at night, and shouted and made hostile demonstrations. Sergeant O'Connor, RIC. said that there 140 applicants for 45 farms. Judge Moore ordered the decree to be levied off the North Riding of the County Of Tipperary. Mary