Weatherday: Assassination revenge

Old Kilcullen.

A dry day, with sunny spells through the morning and afternoon. A bright, clear evening with temperatures up to 20deg from early in the day. Very light variable to southerly breezes.

On this day in 1927, Stradbally-born Minister for Justice Kevin O'Higgins was assassinated in Dublin by anti-Treaty members of the IRA, as retaliation for his part in the executions of 77 IRA prisoners during the civil war.

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