School: Dunmore, Kilkenny (roll number 4331)
- Location:
- Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: M. Ó Leathlobhair
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- (continued from previous page)so he said he would shoe the horse.
He did so but did it so that the horse would go lame after walking a little. The Officer paid for his work and left and soon he found the horse lame.
He returned in a canter to the forge but the smith had now joined the comrades and the forge was empty.
The Yeoman Officer had revenge in burning down the forge but he was soon captured and made prisoner with all his men at Tolerton on road to Carlow from Castlecomer.
The Wexford men depended entirely on the local forges to mend and supply arms for the struggle and so did those who joined them from Kilkenny and Carlow.
- Informant
- Thomas Cantwell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Address
- Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny
