Thomkins Brew, Esq. () was an Irish resident magistrate. Brew was assaulted while been helped by police in arresting a man engaged in rioting - "that man was McDonagh from a place called Ballyboggan" - at the Fair of

Turloughmore Turloughmore ( ; ) is a village in County Galway, Ireland. The name means "the large lake," a notable feature of the area, together with the Clare River (''Abhainn an Chláir''). Turloughmore lies on the N63 national secondary road A nationa ...

County Galway "Righteousness and Justice" , anthem = () , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Galway.svg , map_caption = Location in Ireland , area_footnotes = , area_total_km2 = ...

. This resulted in an affray in which Brew and a number of the policemen were injured. After escaping to the safety of a house owned by a family called Qualter. Their attackers ceased, and some twenty minutes later the police fired a volley of some twenty shots, which resulted in the death of a John Callaghan (murder victim) of

Moycullen Moycullen ( ga, Maigh Cuilinn) is a Gaeltacht village in County Galway, Ireland, about 10 km (7 mi) northwest of Galway city. It is near Lough Corrib, on the N59 road to Oughterard and Clifden, in Connemara. Moycullen is now a satel ...

. Brew and the policemen were found guilty of wilful murder. ''

The Tuam Herald ''The Tuam Herald'' is a weekly Ireland, Irish newspaper, founded in 1837 by Richard Kelly (The Tuam Herald), Richard Kelly, which serves the town of Tuam and County Galway. It has a circulation of about 10,000 copies. The newspaper is printed ...

'' reported that

''Thomkins Brew, Esq., R.M., has been suspended, pending his trial at the next Galway assizes, under the verdict of the Coroners inquest, for the murder of John Callaghan, by a gunshot inflicted by one a part of police, under the command of Mister Brew at the late fair of Turloughmore, Mister Kirwan, R.M., is to succeed Mister Brew in this district. pro tem.''

But Brew was never brought to trial as he was killed in a shooting shortly after. A son,

Chartres Brew Chartres Brew (31 December 1815 – 31 May 1870) was a Gold commissioner, Chief Constable and judge in the Colony of British Columbia, later a province of Canada. Brew's name was conferred on two mountain summits in British Columbia, bo ...

(1815-70), was a gold commissioner and judge.

References

* ''In Their Own Words: The Parish of

Lackagh The parish of Lackagh or Lacagh is located in County Galway, Ireland, approximately halfway between Galway city and Tuam (east of a line between these two towns). It is bounded by the parishes of Athenry, Abbeyknockmoy, Corofin, Annaghdown an ...

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and its People'', ed. Liz Blackmore, John Cronin, Donal Ferrie and Brid Higgins,

Galway Galway ( ; ga, Gaillimh, ) is a City status in Ireland, city in the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Connacht, which is the county town of County Galway. It lies on the River Corrib between Lo ...

, 2001. .

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* http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/brew_chartres_9E.html {{DEFAULTSORT:Brew, Thomkins People from County Galway 19th-century Irish people Deaths by firearm in Ireland