`."System- "System gllo-"System--@Times New Roman--- 82 q`cKilling of the Coffey Brothers          2 qUc  @Times New Roman--- 52 `cIntroduction from Chronology         2 Sc  @Times New Roman--- |2 `KcTwo brothers James & Timothy Coffey are adducted and shot dead in Kilrush,                       82 `cAhiohill, Enniskeane, Co Cork.          2 Wc   2 \c  M2 a,cWhen their bodies are discovered, a sign on              .2 `cone of the bodies says      Y2 4cVice Bradfield, Anti Sinn Fin and the other says                /2 `cConvicted of Murder.        2 $c  --- 2 ` cMore Detail    2 c  --- 2 *`OcAccording to Deasy, the West Cork IRA believe that these killings were carried                      2 ?`cout by an Anti      2 ?c- k2 ?@cSinn Fin Society based in the area of the Bandon valley. As a                    P2 U`.cresult, he says that Two members of the [Anti            2 Uc- 72 UcSinn Fin Society] gang were         "2 j`carrested, court     2 jc- h2 j>cmartialled and shot without delay. However, the only people                 2 `Pcarrested and killed by the Cork No. 3 Brigade in the immediate aftermath of the                        ,2 `cCoffey killings were t     a2 9cwo elderly Protestant farmers in the Skibereen area (see                 2 `cFeb    2 }c- 2 c19   2 c- ;2  c21/4) and Alfred Cotter (see Feb         2 c- 2 c25   2 c- =2 !c21/7). Due to location and age,           Y2 `4cthey were unlikely to have been members of the Anti               2 c- 12 cSinn Fin Society murder          2 `cgang   2 c   2 c  C2 %calso different reasons were given by           @2 #cthe IRA locally for these killings            J2 `*cthan involvement in the Coffey killings.             2 c   }2 `LcAccording to OHalpin and Corrin It is highly probably that [the Coffey                        z2 `Jcbrothers] were murdered by Crown Forces. According to the Cork Fatality                       #2 2`cRegister (CFR)    2 2 cThese killin    Y2 294cgs appear to have been a reprisal for the execution                v2 H`Gcof Thomas Bradfield of Knockmacool as a suspected spy by the IRA. (As                      2 ]`Mcnoted above, there were two Thomas Bradfields killed by the IRA as suspected                     _2 s`8cspies. The one referred to by the CFR was the one kille             &2 scd on February 2nd         2 sc   2 sc  2 scsee   2 `cFeb    2 }c- 2 c02   2 c- 2 c21/1.)    2 c  g2 =cHowever, the CFR also concludes that it is more likely that                2 `Ncmembers of the crown forces had been responsible for the deaths of the Coffey                      @"Calibri------ 2 ` cbrothers.   ---  2 c  ---  2 `c  k2 e@cIf Crown Forces were responsible, it would indicate that they di               #2 Ccd not have good      |2 `Kcintelligence as they targeted two young men who had no connection with the                      2 `OcIRA. In other words, it would seem that the Crown Forces targeted for killing                       w2 `Hctwo random Catholics with, presumably, the intention of terrorising and                     2 %`cintimidating t    ,2 %che local population.        2 %qc    2 A`c  --- c2 a`cBa  c2 awcck   2 ac @Times New Roman---c- @ !*c`- "Arial--ccbbaa