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1. The Battle of Keimaneigh (continued)

   

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   Bantry, Dunmanway, and Macroom. Returning from one such expedition in the Bantry area on a winter's day in the year aforesaid they were closely followed by Lord Bantry and his brother, Captain White, of Glengarriffe, attended by a party of the 39th Foot, and about forty mounted gentlemen.
   Arrived in view of the apparent cul-de-sac at the mouth of the defile, a council of war was held by the loyalists. The officer in charge of the 39th declined to enter the Pass, as it was possible it would prove a veritable man-trap. But Lord Bantry, contemptuous of the rebels, pushed on through the Pass with his party of horsemen, leaving the 39th to guard the defile's western exit. It was his lordship's intention to raid the little villages of Ballingeary and Inchigeela, hoping to apprehend some of the insurrectionary ring-leaders.

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Location

   Céim an Fhia, Co. Cork

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Shéaghdha

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Mullenroe, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Míchéal Ó Loinsigh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Mullenroe, Co. Cork