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School: Ros Mór, Béal Átha Fhinghín (roll number 10378)

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Rossmore, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Michéal Ó Corcora
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0307, Page 052

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    Rev. William Bell was rector of Kilmeen in 1902. One Saturday night he was burned alive in a hay shed in his own yard. Whether it was an accident or not was never known. It was supposed that he was around the yard and he had a lantern in his hand, and it was supposed that the lantern fell and the hay caught fire and he was burned.
    A man named Moore was in his employment at that time and he was suspected of having murdered him, because the head was never found in the burned shed. The police searched in every place but it was never found. Moore got a long term of imprisonment.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. economic activities
        1. agriculture (~2,659)
    2. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Tessie O' Neill
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rossmore, Co. Cork