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  2. Crossbarry ambush - Wikipedia

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    They took significant casualties and many of them fled the scene. Barry's men collected the British arms and ammunition before setting fire to the lorries. At this point, they were attacked again by another British column of about 200, coming from the southwest, but they too retreated after a stiff fire fight.

  3. List of major crimes in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    On the morning of his 49th birthday, at their home in Goatstown in Dublin, Brian Kearney strangled his wife Siobhan to death with a vacuum cord and arranged the scene to make the death look like a suicide. Murder of Denis Donaldson: 1: Classey, Glenties, County Donegal

  4. Suicide in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The suicide rate was significantly higher in males than females (OECD, 2018). Also, Irish young men and women suicide rate also had recorded the highest rate in Europe (Richardson et al., 2013; European Child Safety Alliance, 2014). Hanging is the most common suicide method that people in Ireland used (Departments of Public Health, 2001).

  5. List of suicides - Wikipedia

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    Lee Sun-Kyun L'Inconnue de la Seine Lucretia's suicide by Marcantonio Raimondi (1534) Ludwig II of Bavaria. L'Inconnue de la Seine (late 1880s), unidentified French woman pulled out of the Seine, known for the influence of her death mask on literature and art [728] Deborah Laake (2000), American columnist and writer, overdose of pills [729]

  6. Capital punishment in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Death was a mandatory sentence for murder, though it was often commuted. [10] The last public hanging in Ireland was in 1868; after the Capital Punishment Amendment Act 1868 executions were carried out behind prison walls. Irish doctor Samuel Haughton developed the humane "Standard Drop" method of hanging that came into use in 1866.

  7. Suicide - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the suicide death rate is greatest in Caucasian men older than 80 years, even though younger people more frequently attempt suicide. [19] It is the second most common cause of death in adolescents [ 60 ] and in young males is second only to accidental death. [ 241 ]

  8. Dunmanway killings - Wikipedia

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    It was the scene of many of the conflict's major actions, such as the Kilmichael and Crossbarry ambushes. It contained a strong Irish Republican Army (IRA) Brigade (the 3rd Cork Brigade) and also a sizeable Protestant population – roughly 16%, some of whom were loyalists [29] and affiliated to a loyalist vigilante group. [30]

  9. Suicide watch - Wikipedia

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    Suicide watch (sometimes shortened to SW) is an intensive monitoring process used to ensure that any person cannot attempt suicide. Usually the term is used in reference to inmates or patients in a prison, hospital, psychiatric hospital or military base. People are placed on suicide watch when it is believed that they exhibit warning signs ...