In contrast to the proceedings at Bangor, Donaghdee and Larne, which had been overseen by British officers, the army made a bungled attempt to seize the Howth weaponry. As a result a riot developed at Bachelors’ Walk and frightened soldiers fired on a stone-throwing mob, killing four people and wounding dozens more. ‘Remember Bachelors’ Walk’ joined Mitchelstown in the litany of Ireland’s Stations of the Cross.
