Imleabhar: CBÉ 0485 (Cuid 1)
- Dáta
- 1938
- Bailitheoir
- Suíomhanna
Ar an leathanach seo
(gan teideal) (ar lean)
“Ara wirus thruagh, sure I was only a little shlip o' a gosoon away back in '69...”
(ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)Fot are ye talkin about, there wastn't wan bit o' grief afther captain King, an' there wastn't a more respected man in the whole county Shligo than Captain McTiernan because only for his brave act, the phriesht id be shot.
The day o' the election was an excitin day indeed. People could be seen goin' down the coach road walkin ta the Courthouse in Shligo ta give give their votes, from wanche day dawned. Throops o Cavalry passhed down, in ordher ta keep the pace in case o' a riot, an' round ten o clock or so O'Connor's carriage passhed down, on its way ta Shligo. I mind well ta see the people from round here an from up the mountain waitin, at the "Ceis" o' Eloghogue for it ta pass, [UNCLEAR] Kearneys Loughlins Walshes Healeys an' O Connors, an' all the local families, an' when it came is far is them if they didn't take out the horshes from undher the carriage, an' pulled it themselves, an' yer great grand father was among the crowd, an' he was is fine a lookin' man I spose is ye could pick in the county. An' O'Connor Don when he saw him asked who he was. "[UNCLEAR] O'Connor from Clochogue" sez some wan in the crowd, an' when O Connor hear it, if he didn't ordher the carriage ta be sthopped, an he(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)