School: Camross, Mountrath
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifernáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0826, Page 177
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- (continued from previous page)member of the "Black Feet". He was known to frequent Peg's shebeen. He was murdered by his own godson - one Shawn Garr. Garr succeeded in drugging Costigan while drinking in a Shebeen (probably the one already mentioned) The woman of the shebeen, who apparently knew the intentions of the murdered, gave a hint to Gregory of his impending fate but to no avail.
To his proffered "treat" she retorted epigrammathcally "ól fein é daor and deach é dhuit" ( ól féin é daon an seac é duit drink it yourself it's a costly drink for you) Gregory did not see or at least did not heed the hint. On his way home Garr attacked him and hacked off his head with a reaping hook. Garr also met with a violent death,
- Informant
- M. Ryan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Laois
