School: Cúl Umha (Cailíní)
- Location:
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Bríd Ní Mhurchú
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0081, Page 415
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- (continued from previous page)that Eddie Lohan was Captain.
At this time there was a gentlemen shot in Briarfield. It was a foggy morning and the wrong landlord was shot. A very big crowd gathered from all parts and one man could not see Ned Lohan in the crowd and he said "There was never two dogs fighting in Briarfield but Ned Lohan was there."The English soldiers went in search of him. He was hid for three weeks and Ned was taken prisoner with another man.
They were brought to Galway jail and kept there for six weeks. Then the soldiers tried to turn them informers but they could not. At last Burke was released and Lohan was sentenced to death. He was brought from Galway jail to Briarfield a distance of twenty miles on foot. On the road in sight of his own house he was murdered. Crowds gathered from other(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlín Ní Fhathaigh
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
- Informant
- Mrs Ellen Fahy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cooloo, Co. Galway
