From The Times: June 29, 1920Since Sunday morning the military stationed in Fermoy have been searching the countryside for General Lucas, who was kidnapped by Sinn Feiners at Kilbarry, County Cork, on Saturday night. All the roads are patrolled, and aeroplanes are scouting in every direction, but up to this evening no trace has been found of the captured officer. It now appears that General Lucas, who was accompanied by Colonel Danford, RE, of Fermoy, and Colonel Tyrrell, had arranged to spend some days in salmon fishing on the Blackwater. On Saturday night the party drove to the fishing lodge at Kilbarry. Here they found a number of armed men, who made them prisoners and drove away with them in motor cars in the

Source: The Times June 28, 2020 23:14 UTC