1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)

School: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)

Location:
Wexford, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Br. Ó Héilighe
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 162

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0881, Page 162

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: Loch gCarman (Christian Bros.)
  2. XML Page 162
  3. XML “The Battle of Ross and After”

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. The Battle of Ross and After (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    in a big scythe. The Colonel asked the officer, what did he think of it and he answered :-
    "It is a dangerous weapon."
    The colonel then asked the officer woud he fight the man who brought in the scythe and he said :
    "No, I would not."
    It is said that 40,000 troops fell in Wexford in '98.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    D. O' Neill
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr O' Neill
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    53
    Address
    Wexford, Co. Wexford