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School: Coill an Easbuig (Bishopswood), Dundroma

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Bishopswood, Co. Tipperary
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Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
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  1. Kidnapping of Girl in the Beginning of the 19th Century

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    Wherever there was a girl of any beauty & having the name of money, it was the custom of the time that her admirer would collect a ' meitheal ' of horsemen and go and forcibly take the girl from the parents. A pillion was in readiness in the back of his (the bridegroom to be) saddle for the accomodation of the girl to be snatched away.
    In such a manner was Johanna Casey (my great grand Aunt) of Ballyglasheen (near Thomastown) taken by Paddy Hickey of Ballinard & his friends.
    On arriving in Ballyglasheen they found the door locked them. They broke it open & entered the bedroom where Johanna Casey & her mother (Judy Walsh) were. Paddy Hickey rushed out with somebody in his arms but soon found it to be the girls mother! The mistake was soon rectified & the party proceeded homeward to Ballinard bearing with them the frightened girl.
    On the following morning the girl's friends went in turn, on horseback to Ballinard & found her seated to breakfast in the midst of the jubilant Hickey ' Meitheal '
    She was taken with an injured leg, but two years afterwards she married Hickey
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. activities
      1. social activities (~7)
        1. rites of passage (~573)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mícheál Mac Cárthaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Ellen O' Brien
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thomastown, Co. Tipperary