Today Warrens Lane is a gated laneway connecting Bandon Road with Noonans Road but over 100 years ago this laneway was a cluster of little houses and at No.32 a tragic incident occured there on a Winters night in 1922.
The now gated Warrens Lane, also known as Warrens Court, located near the top of Bandon Road opposite the Post Office.
It was Saturday night in November 1922 and 28 year old Free State soldier John Delaney left his military patrol in the city without permission. He headed up Barrack Street, up to his home patch on Bandon Road. Delaney arrived at the door of his home where his widowed mother and brothers were living at No.32 Warrens Lane.
Warrens Lane from Noonans Road
John flung his arms around his mother in an embrace and asked for a cup of tea. He was carrying a rifle and when he saw his brothers Thomas and James he began showing off with the deadly weapon.
While messing about with his rifle John Delaney accidentally pulled the trigger and a bullet hit his older brother James in his head, killing him instantly.
John was arrested and court martialed. His family would later claim that John was a rather excitable character and on the night of the tragic incident on Warrens Lane he was highly strung. His widowed mother had previously raised concerns when her son joined the Free State Army due to his volatile nature but, her worries were dismissed.
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