1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Grangemocler (C.) Carrick-on-Suir

School: Grangemocler (C.) Carrick-on-Suir (roll number 7596)

Location:
Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Mrs Brigid Feehan
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 110

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0560, Page 110

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Grangemocler (C.) Carrick-on-Suir
  2. XML Page 110
  3. XML “Story”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Story

    Share Share Post
    During the rebellion of 1798 a number of Irish men armed with pikes were on Slievenamon mountain. A Co Kilkenny man was going to join them. He was arrested near Nine Mile House by the British Military who were camped there. The English officer seeing that he was a fine looking man said he would give him one chance of his life and that was to fight one of his soldiers with a hand stick against a naked sword. They would not leave the Kilkenny the pike he carried in the fight against the soldier only a hand stick.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Rita Lanigan
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Paddy Cooney
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Bleenaleen Lower, Co. Tipperary