School: Oileán Ciarraí (roll number 10956)
- Location:
- Castleisland, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Tadhg Ó Céin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0446, Page 556
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- (continued from previous page)the captain Mr Finn kept his wits about him, and shouted to his men to open fire. The police on hearing this thought there was a big crowd in it and dropping their arms ran. So the moonlighters by this little trick obtained half a dozen guns, tho they had but one revolver themselves.In 1916, after the failure of the Casement gun running expedition, Captain Monteith who escaped after Casement had been captured hid in a cabin in Gleannaneenta - already mentioned - until he escaped to Germany. The owner of the cabin was Seán Taidg óg or as he was familiarly known Seán a'spealadóra a cousin of Mr Arthur Lenihan's, Ballinrariscae, Castleisland, Co Kerry, in whose house Monteith first hid
- The Earl of Desmond when captured and killed at Gleen na [?] - near Castleisland was buried there on the side of a boreen and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Neilly Mitchel
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Crag, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- John Lynch
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 83
- Address
- Dooneen, Co. Kerry
