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School: Dunboyne (roll number 15915)

Location:
Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Teacher:
N.F. Ó Donncha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0688, Page 061

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    Local Happenings
    About 1795 a party of Defenders visited Rooske - a mile from Dunboyne. In Rooske there lived an informer named Connolly. The Defenders attacked him and murdered him. They slit his mouth. Just then a herd in the imployment of Captain Wilson Rooske came on the scene. He was also set upon and slained in the same manner as the other. A reward of £100 was offered for the murderers but they were never found. Since then the place of the murder has been called the "Murdering field". A corner of this field is now the site of the new
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. events
      1. hardship (~1,565)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Brady
    Gender
    Unknown
    Address
    Dunboyne, Co. Meath