School: Rathnure (C.) (roll number 12480)
- Location:
- Rathnure Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Bholguidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0900, Page 358
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- (continued from previous page)in which he was seen was a stationer's shop on the quay. The people then began to surmise, that the night being so bright, when he came out of the shop he mistook the river Barrow for the road, walked into it, and was drowned.Men were employed to drag the river, but of no avail. The body was not found.His people got courage, and began on the search, around the Country. His brother got word from some people that they had seen him in certain places. He used to travel to those places, but on inquiries it was not his brother.
He was almost frantic, travelling night and day. He got word of a man being seen in Enniscorthy very like him, near the police barracks(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Redmond
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Ballybaun, Co. Wexford
