One of the few battles outside Dublin was Enniscorthy which was seized by
the Rebels. The Athenaeum theatre was made the Republicans’ headquarters, over
which they flew the green, white and orange tricolour. All the public houses in
the town were closed down and as Father Patrick Murphy, a priest who publicly
blessed the rebels, recalled,
“During the four days of
Republican rule, not a single person was under the influence of drink”.
According to Volunteer Thomas Doyle of Enniscorthy
“There was an order given that no
publicans were to supply anyone with drink. That evening two men were caught in
Loftus Porter's publichouse in Templeshannon. Mike Murphy (Toby) and Bernard
Neill were arrested and the keys of the publichouse taken from the owner. His
shop was locked up and the keys brought to headquarters.
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