School: Sráid na Cathrach (B.) (roll number 8850)
- Location:
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0622, Page 406
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- (continued from previous page)burned houses in Ennistrymon and Lahinch and had killed people in both places and came to Miltown to complete their work: Joined by the local police they set fire to Marrinan's house and then they set Jones's house on fire in Church St., They tried to set the house of Morgan Hayes Ennis-Road on fire but the fire went out.
They fired more shots to terrify the people and looted and robbed the village: In the morning there were the ruins of six houses in Miltown as Casey's a drapers shop next door to Collins's took fire during the night and was burned to the ground
The people of Miltown Malbay will never forget that night of terror: They spent the night huddled in cabins and by hedges outside the town, listening to the hellish yells of the police as the carried out their work of destruction
Little children could be heard crying in the night: They went back to their homes in the morning(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Martin Morrissey
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- John Fitzpatrick
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 44
- Address
- Milltown Malbay, Co. Clare
