Jeremiah Coleman was a 34 year old native of Balinhassig. He worked in the city as a delivery man and lodged at Georges Quay. He left on the morning of September 2nd 1922 with a cart load of various goods destined for Crookstown. He was very busy since the start of the Civl War in June as many railroads were damaged in the conflict and the delivery of everyday goods depended on the likes of Mr Coleman with his humble horse and cart.
Georges Quay.
As dawn broke on the morning after Mr Coleman left for Crookstown, his horse and cart pulled into its stable at the top of Keysers Hill, near Elizabeth Fort on Barrack Street. Upon the cart was the slumped over body of Jeremiah Coleman. He had been shot twice in the back, somewhere on his return journey to the city and had died before his faithful horse could bring him back to the city.
It is regarded that the unfortunate delivery man may have stumbled into an ambush and got caught in crossfire. Other reports speculate he was intentionally shot as a means of interrupting the everyday commerce of the fledgling Free State.
Barrack Street, looking at Elizabeth Fort, the top of Keysers Hill to the right of the main gate.
