The archives: Patrick Howard shot in botched robbery of Ellen Landy's local pub
February 1921 - An appalling tragedy occurred in Balscadden, a village about two miles from Balbriggan at about 8.45pm on Saturday February 12 when Patrick Howard, egg and poultry merchant, was mortally wounded in the public house of Miss Ellen Landy. It would appear that the deceased, a batchelor and who lived alone, had just come home from the Drogheda market and was in the pub having a drink with some local men, when two men with handkerchiefs over the bottom of their faces appeared at the door of the pub. One man entered the pub and shouted 'hands up'. Patrick Howard hesitated for a momen...
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