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   A landlord named John Massy lived once in a place called Mount Massy in the town of Macroom. In one part of his property in a place called Musira he had a grand house built for a gamekeeper, and under the kitchen of that house there was a stall to hold twenty cows. This house was situated half way between Macroom and Millstreet in a by part of the country. The gamekeeper's name was Lucey and as the gamekeeper was travelling one day to Mount Massy he was fired at and got a few grains on the head but escaped. He was fired at a short distance from his own house, the gamekeeper had a gun but it was of no use to him at the time. The man that fired at him made his escape to a foreign land, although police and soldiers were in search of him. After that the gamekeeper got police protection and John Massy advertised on the paper that a reward be given to any man found hunting in his

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   Topics

   1. áit-spás-timpeallacht
      1. riaradh talún (~4,110)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Peggy Creedon

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Drom an Tí Móir, Co. Chorcaí

   Informant

   Mr D. Creedon

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Drom an Tí Móir, Co. Chorcaí