Volume: CBÉ 0485 (Part 2)

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1. Fenians (continued)

   

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   for drilling. They carried wooden guns and revolvers. The Police were always on the look out for the Fenians but they seldom caught them at drill.

   many of the Police were known to be in sympathy with the young Fenians. many of the Police were brothers of Fenians- perhaps that accounts why Fenians so often escaped the vigilence of the police.

   

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2. The Fenians Had No Grá for the Women

   

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   "The Fenians," continued the aged narrator with humorous smile, " The fenians did not take their mothers or sisters into their confidence - they did not tell them when, or where, they drilled. Women were gabby,' was the opinion held by the fenians.

   If their sisters, through curiosity, followed them or tired to find out any-
   -thing concerning their movements, the young men drove the girls home

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script