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Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0928, Page 075

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  1. Joseph Holt 1798

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    Joseph Holt was among the foremost leaders of 1798. He was a very brave man. He was a protestant by birth and the son of a planter in the lands of O Tooles and O Byrnes. His father was a yeoman in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and King James. He was born in 1756 and was 42 years of age when the rebellion broke out. He was industrious, hardworking, married and had a young family. He was an early riser. One morning he was found out by a yeoman who bore him malice and who said he was a United Irishman. But he escaped from the
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Breandán Ó Dúinn
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    John Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Newtown Mountkennedy, Co. Wicklow