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1. Geneva Barracks Story

   

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   In the year 1798 when the soldiers were in Geneva Barracks, there was a cowboy working with a neighbouring farmer named Pat Gough. There were some Croppies prisoners at the time in Geneva Barracks. One night the cow-boy made a rope ladder and went out to Geneva Barracks and got up on the wall and lowered the ladder down and helped eight Croppies to escape. When he had the last one up he shouted down, "Is there any other down there", and a voice answered "There is one other." This was an officer and he wanted to shoot the eight Croppies and the cow-boy. He had a gun under his coat and when he was half way up the ladder the cow-boy saw the gun and let the ladder drop and he and the eight Croppies escaped.

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   Topics

   1. am
      1. tréimhsí staire sonracha (~25)
         1. 1798 (~642)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Brigid Mason

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   An Pasáiste, Co. Phort Láirge

   Informant

   John Colfer

   Relation

   Unknown

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   85

   Address

   An Pasáiste, Co. Phort Láirge