School: Baile Uí Chróinín (roll number 10594)

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   “At one time smuggling was carried on around the sea coast...”

   

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   around the sea coast. Ships from France and Spain used to bring cargoes of wine and tobacco and brandy without paying and revenue. This was going on for quite a long time until one of the party who was implicated in the business was not satisfied with the profit he was making out of the transaction and wanted to grasp all the money himself. He betrayed his comrades and sold the secret of the hiding place to the excise officer so they sent one of their staff and a lot of men under his charge to seize on the goods and dig them up. Now it so happened that on the day in question there was a young man working in the field where the goods were hidden and the officer approached and wanted information from him about the goods and the young man denied all knowledge of them so the officer pressed him very hard to show him the hiding place and told him that he himself knew the exact spot but he didnot want to give the money to the informer as he hated him for betraying his comrades. It happened in the place where our house is situated.

   

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   “In olden times the pirates were very busy holding up ships and robbing them of money and valuable things they could get...”

   

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   In olden times the pirates were very busy

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   Language

   English

   Collector

   Helen Cuddigan

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   John Brady

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Cottier

   Address

   Ballycroneen West, Co. Cork