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the destruction of 54 houses and a hosiery factory along with the looting of four pubs by the Black and Tans. Two residents of Balbriggan, dairyman Séamus Lawless and barber Sean Gibbons, were bayoneted to death by the Black and Tans during the attack. After it occurred, the attack received negative international attention due to Balbriggan's close proximity to foreign news correspondents based in Dublin. Images of the burnt out town were published around the world causing international

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