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    Title
    Abbeylara
    Subtitle
    The Tragic Shooting of John Carthy
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Regina Hennelly
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 296
    Width: 130 mm
    Height: 196 mm
    Thickness: 18 mm
    Weight: 217 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9781847170170
    ISBN 10: 184717017X
    Classifications
    Dewey: 363.232
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T18.1
    BISAC category code: BIO000000
    BISAC category code: TRU000000
    Dewey: B
    Illustrations note
    16 colour illustrations
    Publisher
    O'Brien Press Ltd
    Imprint name
    O'Brien Press Ltd
    Publication date
    23 February 2007
    Publication City/Country
    Dublin/IE
    Review quote
    'Gripping book ... tells the sad story with compassion and consideration.' -- Western People Carthy had discharged thirty shots during the standoff and had emerged carrying a loaded shotgun when he was shot. But major questions arose which all boiled down to one simple question: Did John Carthy - a mentally ill young man - have to die? Hennelly isolates the key findings of the Tribunal and uses the evidence of the family and friends of John Carthy to reconstruct the events of that terrible day.' -- Irish Independent Irish Independent
    Biographical note
    Regina Hennelly is a journalist and writes for The Examiner and The Irish Independent. She has reported extensively on the Barr tribunal which was set up to investigate the Abbeylara shooting.
    Main description
    Includes an exclusive interview with John Carthy’s sister, Marie Carthy On 20 April 2000 John Carthy emerged from his home in Abbeylara, County Longford after a twenty-five hour stand-off with the police during which he discharged thirty shots. He was carrying a loaded shotgun. Ignoring calls to stop, he proceeded towards the garda command post. Two shots rang out; then another two. John Carthy fell dead on the road, having been hit four times by members of an Garda Síochána. The shooting provoked anger and raised awkward questions for the police force. Did John Carthy have to die? Was there no other way to resolve the incident?