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1. Antrim John (continued)

   

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   was mention of his name in an
   old ballad to this effect.
   "An as they (soldiers) came down the glen they met a youngster & the Captain cried out "Did you see Holt & his men"

   (Jack Darcy son of Nixon's [slayer?]
   told Tom this story of Dwyer - )
   Dwyer went into Baltinglass
   one day to see some kind of
   garrison walls they were after
   building & as he was facing
   for home again he met two
   soldiers that were after chasing
   him hotly after M'Allister was
   shot - and they were [linking?]
   two girls & he made some joke
   upon them & whatever they said

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   • Thomas Ellis