School: Clashaganny (roll number 8051)
- Location:
- Clashaganny, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Albert Flanagan
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0252, Page 171
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- (continued from previous page)month the cartridges were damaged and so disgusted did Hawkes become that he gave his gun to OHara and bought the best one he could find in Dublin. OHara now that he had a gun of his own and could sell his kill and buy a drop if he wanted it, always pretended to be very busy when Charlie would call as he did not fancy travelling over the wide moors for nothing and also he did not like fooling the man who had given him a grand gun /
This Charlie Hawkes always had a stable of race horses but so impatient and hot tempered was he that if a horse of his failed to win after three attempts he would order him to be carted next day What a hullabaloo there would be in the yard — half a dozen men trying to force a high spirited young thoroughbred to pull a cart of manure. This would go on all day until the master's temper cooled down when he would order the tackling to be taken off: or till as often happened his temper got the better of him when he would bring out his gun and shoot the unfortunate animal(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Peter Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Manor, Co. Roscommon
