sentences:  On Friday morning 4 March 1921, as the congregation made their way out of the 'First Friday Mass' in the Roman Catholic parish church in Gowel, they were met by three lorries carrying 30–40 Auxiliaries, Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC), and British Army members.The men were lined up for searching on one side while a 'female searcher' attended to the women.There was no panic and as nothing was found, there were no arrests.