School: An Mhoin Árd (Monaid) (B.) (roll number 606)
- Location:
- Monard, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0577, Page 153
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- (continued from previous page)arrived they searched everywhere for "Buck" English. When they came to this "hovel" they wondered what it was and they started prodding it with their bayonets.
He fired the blunder-buss, Betty kept loading while "Buck" kept firing. When the firing ceased they ventured out of the "hovel" and found twenty-five men dead and the rest had fled.
He was not evicted and his pluck saved him from eviction. He died soon afterwards and was buried in Sologhead.
- Informant
- Thomas English
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 55
- Occupation
- Carpenter
- Address
- Monard, Co. Tipperary
