It was 10 o'clock at night when John Patrick Walsh and his wife were making their way back home from the pictures in Blackpool. The pawnbroker's assistant and his wife were heading down Great William O'Brien Street in the direction of their home on Gerald Griffin Street when masked men emerged from a laneway and fired their guns at Mr Walsh.
The scene of the shooting on Great William O'Brien Street, once known as Great Britain Street.
A number of bullets hit Walsh and he died from his wounds while those who fired the fatal shots disappeared back into the laneways of Blackpool.
Following his death a sweep of the northside was made by Free State troops and ten arrests were made but, no one was charged.
Apart from working in a pawnshop, John Patrick Walsh also worked as a driver for Free State troops and this may be the reason for his killing on a dark October night in 1922.
John Patrick Walsh of Gerald Griffin Street.
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