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School: Ballinahowen (roll number 8646)

Location:
Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
T. Hanly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 022

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    and proceeded to the nearest police barracks and reported the incident. He identified Flynn who was arrested and brought to Mullingar jail. He was tried and condemned to death. He was walked back to Knockaneigh Hill (on the road between Ballinahown and Athlone) They erected a scaffold there and hanged him within sight of his own home. When he was dead the soldiers lit a fire and said that of the fire blazed he was gone ton hell and it refused to blaze
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Aodh Ó Cuinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Aodh Ó Cuinn
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballynahown, Co. Westmeath