School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Ráth Fhearna, Co. na hIarmhí
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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- (continued from previous page)When men were bing sentenced to jail Captain Fetherston asked could he be sworn in court "Certainly" said the magistrate. Then he told he hocked his own cattle and that the steward was witness to it.
The men were released and dragged home the carriage for Captain Fetherston and Newel was put in jail for life.
The Driscoes and Fethersons keep that title not Fetherstonhough from the hocking of the cattle. - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- Informant
- Mrs Casserly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Grange Beg, Co. na hIarmhí