Joseph O’Donoghue was abducted and killed by the Black and Tans on the night of the 7th March and killed in cold blood. There is a street, O’Donoghue Avenue, named after him in Janesboro and a plaque commemorating his name. Joseph was murdered by the Crown Forces on the same night as the ex-mayor of Limerick, Michael O'Callaghan, and the Mayor, George Clancy. While the murders of O’Callaghan and Clancy received domestic and international prominence. Liddy has endeavoured to restore the memory of Joseph O’Donoghue, to place him on equal terms with the two prominent Sinn Fein republicans.
