Strawberry Hill - November 18 1922

 

Daniel O'Meara was a 30 year old milkman from Model Cottages in Bishopstown. He delivered milk on a pony and cart for Corcoran's of Leemount House. 

As he finished his rounds on the morning of November 18th 1922 Mr O'Meara was heading up Strawberry Hill when a Free State sentry at the nearby Cork City Gaol shot him. 

Strawberry Hill, the jail on the left. 

The sentry who fired the shot stated that he called on the milkman to halt and when he was ignored he fired his weapon. 

Looking down Strawberry Hill, Cork City Gaol off the road to the left.

 

Daniel O'Meara was still alive when he was taken to the Mercy Hospital and was able to make a statement where he claimed he did not hear the sentry due to the clatter of empty milk churns on his cart. 

Cork City Gaol seen from Strawberry Hill

A military court exonerated the sentry. The unfortunate milkman died ten days after he was shot.