Thomkins Brew, Esq. () was an Irish

resident magistrate A resident magistrate is a title for magistrates used in certain parts of the world, that were, or are, governed by the British. Sometimes abbreviated as RM, it refers to suitably qualified personnel—notably well versed in the law—brought int ...

. 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. It is a sm ...

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. 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 () is a village situated in the Gaeltacht region of 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 ...

. Brew and the policemen were found guilty of wilful murder. '' The Tuam Herald'' 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 (1815-70), was a gold commissioner and judge.

References

* ''In Their Own Words: The Parish of

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

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

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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