School: Dromina, Ráth Luirc (roll number 11262)
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- Dromina, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Daniel Hishon
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- MOYGUE (Adjoining Killabraher)
A tyrant and priest hunter named “Boles” resided in an estate in this downland. His acts of tyranny were innumerable. There is a field in Moygue still called the “The Bleach”. He used to employ many men bleaching linen. One of his employees on one occasion stole a piece of linen. Boles found it out and got him hanged from the shaft of a car. At another time he found someone trespassing on his land. He got a shears and cut off his two ears.He is supposed to have done his utmost to hunt down all Papists. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.