School: Ceathrú (Carton) (roll number 15339)
- Location:
- Cartron, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Floinn
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0215, Page 296
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- It was back in 1796 two years before Ballinamack and a man named John Muldoon lived at Funshinnagh crossroads and John was making poteen on that day and 17 yeomen surrounded the place and Sleck Simpson of Corbohill who lived where Willie Higgins now is shot Muldoon's dog and when Muldoon crossed him for shooting the dog he reloaded his gun and shot Muldoon himself and that started the row. The country gathered with pitchforks and all sorts of weapons and the yeomen fled through Breandrum King across the Hail of Lobby Eshim into Drumcollop in Murphy's house and started firing at the crowd outside and fined until all their ammunition was gone The crowd set fire to the house and as quick as the yeomen came out they surrounded and killed themOne of the yeos got into a bog hole for safety(continues on next page)
- Collector
- J. Flynn
- Address
- Drumdart, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Mr Mc Keown
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumcollop, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Owen Mc Gann
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Killamaun, Co. Leitrim
