It was just after 6 o'clock on an Autumn evening in the city when 65 year old Jane McCarthy left the Parnell Hotel on Parnell Place. She was a resident of the hotel but on that evening she would not return.
Parnell Place, from Parnell Bridge.
As Jane McCarthy exited the hotel and crossed the road a Free State lorry came at speed from the direction of Parnell Bridge. The driver saw the lady crossing Parnell Place and sounded the horn but, it proved too late. The army lorry ploughed into the unfortunate lady and she died later that night at the South Infirmary Hospital.
Free State lorry on Patrick Street 1922.
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