By Ivan Lennon
On 15 March, 1919, an ”unruly confrontation” occurred at the ornate Devonshire-built train station in Lismore (above) between the R.I.C. and supporters of Volunteers J.J. Madden, John Keyes and George Lennon. The trio had been charged, convicted, and sentenced (on March 12) to gaol, under the Defence of the Realm Act (D.O.R.A.), for unlawful assembly and drilling of the Volun…