Scoil: West Waterford Branch I.N.T.O (uimhir rolla n/a)

Ar an leathanach seo

1. Faction Fights in Ballyduff, Tallow, Co. Waterford (ar lean)

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   frequent but not very violent except on Sundays and Holidays when crowds gathered into the village.
   On these evenings, or on fair evenings or even when a dance was held the cry "Up the Lackys" or "Up the Danes" was the signal for fierce fighting. There was a good deal of bitterness between the parties and the police had frequently to interfere. Young men got jail at times or had to pay heavy fines. John Tobin was a poor law guardian and when the illfeeling was at its highest between the rival parties an election for poor law guardians took place. The "Lackeys" got a man named Cashin to oppose John Tobin. Cashin won and when the news reached the village fierce fighting took place. One man who was arrested got a month in jail and several got from 14 to 21 days, while many others got off by paying fines. The following year John Tobin won and similar scenes took place. This bitterness between the "Lackys" and the "Danes" continued till emigration lessened the

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

   Tras-scríofa ag duine dár meitheal tras-scríbhneoirí deonacha.

   Stair Athraigh

   Topaicí

   1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. daoine
         1. faicsin (~230)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   James Cashman

   Inscne

   Fireann