THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Carrickmore estate is setting for evictions

By Darryl Armitage
Published 25th Feb 2021, 06:00 BST
A photograph of an eviction scene from Lawrence Photograph Collection. NLI Ref: L_ROY_01776. Picture: Courtesy of National Library of IrelandA photograph of an eviction scene from Lawrence Photograph Collection. NLI Ref: L_ROY_01776. Picture: Courtesy of National Library of Ireland
A photograph of an eviction scene from Lawrence Photograph Collection. NLI Ref: L_ROY_01776. Picture: Courtesy of National Library of Ireland
From the News Letter, February 25, 1886

Considerable excitement prevailed in the neighbourhood of Carrickmore in Co Tyrone this week in 1886, reported the News Letter, when the sub-sheriff and force of more than one hundred police officers arrived in the area to carry out a number of evictions.