School: Eslin (roll number 10026)

Location:
Eslinbridge, Co. Leitrim
Teacher:
Pilib Mac Aonghusa
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    Protestants, and in that time there was plenty of them around, and they were bitter enemies of the Catholics.
    Well this time anyway, the crowd of Molly Mc Guires from around the Parish of Mohill, had it planned to go to raid the Laheen farm. They all meet, and was just about half ways, they were in Tulrusk, a townland about five miles from Laheen, and also from Mohill; when they heard those crowd of men coming in pursuit of them, they did not know what to do, but they kept running
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. people
        1. robbers (~423)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Eddie Gallagher
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    37
    Address
    Drumcollagan, Co. Leitrim