18-4-1923 Rebels Surprised. Tipperary April 17th. The scene of the capture of Dan Breen, the rebel leader, is a place called Longford, on the slopes of a range of hills parallel with the Galtees and overlooking the Glen of Aherlow. With Breen were two others, Tim Donovan, commander of a local company of irregulars, and Maurice Walsh of Mitchelstown, who, it is stated, was the late Liam Lynch's secretary. The troops came upon them by surprise and no resistance was offered. About noon to-day the attention of the troops conducting the search was attracted by a number of empty cigarette cases on the hillside. On closer inspection some fresh clay revealed an opening to a dugout. Hearing voices inside, the troops called on the occupants to surrender. Apparently the latter were in bed, for in answer to a summons Dan Breen came forward, clad only in his trousers and shirt, and said "Its all right, I am Dan Breen". He then surrended, saying that he would not have been captured alive had he not wanted to spare the lives of his two comrades. The latter, also clad only in shirts and trousers, then came forward and also surrendered, all three shaking hands with the troops. Dan Breen was one of the leaders of the IRA, during the Anglo-Irish war, and the British Government offered £10,000 for his capture, but, though several times wounded, he was not caught. Mary (Dan Breen became a TD in the Irish Government.)