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School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)

Location:
Camross, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 148

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    John Devlin. This man was a great friend of the Englishman. The Englishman was jealous of Devlin for carrying those dispatches so he decided to do away with him. He set at once to think of a way of doing away with him.
    This day he invited Devlin to a party he was having so he said he would go. The night of the feast Devlin suspected what was on so he killed the Englishman the minute he opened the door to let him in. It was never known who killed him or anything.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Thomas Dunne
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clash, Co. Laois