School: Drumloughan (Dromlachan) (roll number 15665)
- Location:
- Sunnagh More, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Peadar Mac Giolla Choinnigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0221, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)and the people brought him out food. Well the yeoman came along and they heard somehow or other that he was in the cock of hay and they surrounded it and riddled it with bullets and shot the poor croppy. When they were gone the people turned out and buried him on the verge of the hill surrounding Ballyknockan and there the poor fellow waits the judgement day.
- The ordinary country people did not take much part in the '98 wars. They were too much afraid. I heard them say that they were afraid to speak about the times, even at their own firesides. The country was full of spies. There were a good many yeomen in Cloone and Aughavas and they used to be out nearly every night and they had the country terrorized and they knew every thing that was happening. Oh it was a terrible time. The people had(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. Mac Giolla Choinnigh
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Clancy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cloone, Co. Leitrim
