School: Béal Átha an Dá Chab
- Location:
- Ballydehob, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Síle Ní Mhathúna
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- My father told me while he was in America a convict ship sailed beyond New York Harbour.In the same ship three brothers, with their sister, were transported from Rosscarbery, during the "penal times" to Van Dieman's land. They were supposed to have some secret, and intended to harm the English soldiers. The three brothers and their sister, were called the "Kelly Gang" and were put to work in a quarry. They were lock-chained and kept in hard labour under "Captain Price". Each day they were beaten with the "cat of nine tails," and given a bath in salted water. At last they agreed to die rather than undergo the hardships of the morrow, so when the captain entered the quarry they slew him. The "Kelly Gang" choked each other then."The convict ship" was for exhibition at Boston and all its history was read.
- Collector
- Eileen Coughlan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Mr J. Coughlan
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derreennalomane, Co. Cork
