Patrick Rankin Cycle Club Newry

Monday, 6 August 2012

Volunteers of Newry

Patrick Rankin Cycle Club: Patrick Rankin was a Newry man who cycled from Newry to Dublin to part take in the fight for Irish Independence in 1916, this cycle club is in memory of him. Rankin was a painter by trade and joined the Irish Republican Brotherhood in 1907. On Easter Tuesday Rankin set off on his bicycle via the Drumalane Road carrying with him ammunition and a six inch revolver. Rankin arrived in his sister's house in Dublin at 7pm that evening. Early the next morning (Wednesday) Rankin headed for Dublin City Centre. In July 1916 some volunteers were taken to a nearby railway station and boarded the train on their way to London. The prisoners were detained in Wormwood Scrubs Prison and after being questioned they were transferred by train again to Wales and detained in Frongach. Rankin was finally released and returned to Newry at the end of August 1916.

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