School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)
- Location:
- Rockchapel, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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- The time of the Land Agitation, the farmers refused to pay any rent to the Landlords, but there were a few farmers who paid the rent. The Moonlighters wanted them not to pay the rent. The leader of the Moonlighters in this district was Daniel Broderick he was a noble, brave man and lived in Glencarney.
He was known all over the County Cork and part of Limerick.
There was a great number of Landlords supporters at a meeting in Newcastle and about forty policemen. Daniel Broderick heard this, and decided to break up the meeting. He gathered his men, about fifty-eight.
They went to Newcastle on horse back. They were armed with pikes and spears. When they reached Newcastle-West, the meeting was well on. Daniel Broderick and his men rushed into the town, drove the horses in amongst the people, beat the police and broke up the meeting.
- Collector
- Con Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Michael Geaney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rockchapel, Co. Cork
