sentences:  Hogan was arrested on 12 May 1919 by the RIC after attending a dance near Clonoulty, Tipperary.His three comrades (Dan Breen, Seán Treacy and Séumas Robinson) were joined by five men from the East Limerick Brigade (Ned & JJ O'Brien, Seán Lynch, Ed Foley & James Scanlon) in order to organise Hogan's rescue.He was being transported by train to Cork on 13 May 1919, and the men, led by Treacy, boarded the train in Knocklong.