Scoil: Newcastle
- Suíomh:
- Newcastle, Co. Wicklow
- Múinteoir: Máire Ní Fhotharta
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Ar an leathanach seo
- (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)the youthful Hempenstall, who was wrapped in mind and steeped in cruelty from his earliest years. He became an apothecary in his early twenties, but soon tired of trade and sought, instead, an occupation more in keeping with his evil nature.
The opportunity came in the strife and turmoil of the years immediately preceding the insurrection. The power transferred from the magistracy to the army afforded him the chance he waited - the chance of uniting the character of a gentleman with those of a judge and jury. His brother at that time was an official in police department in Dublin and through him he was able to obtain an appointment as ensign in the Wicklow Militia. Henceforth his name became a bye-word for evil in the Eastern and Midland counties, where he operated.
He first came under notice in the year 1796 while in command of a mobile detachment of troops in a disturbed part of the county Westmeath. Entering the village of Moyrove late at night when the inhabitants were asleep, he caused the alarm-bell to be suddenly sounded and the startled villagers awoke to(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)- Bailitheoir
- M. O' Faherty