Volume: CBÉ 0407 (Part 2)
- Date
- 1937
- Collector
- Location
Archival Reference
The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0407, Page 0226
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- (continued from previous page)Crowe of Cappawhite. .....That's right of course. Father Crowe as you say had no jurisdiction in Doon parish but he was a great national priest and there is no knowing what power (=supernatural power) he had. He told the people not to be a bit afraid, that nothing would come out of the guns except SAW - DUST if the soldiers fired. The people had a trap laid for the soldiers too, in a deep trench full of water, all covered over with bushes and ferns and they had part of the old castle ready to topple over on them if they tried any of their tricks. When they saw the priest with the book open they got afraid. They all left in the evening and there was no one evicted that day but it was near being very serious" (meaning that the priests had been almost driven to use their"power").
Dan O Mahony Tailor: Father Hickey did the same at the Knockowragh eviction. He told the people that nothing but water would come out of the guns if the soldiers fired at them. The people took up stones and pelted the soldiers and police out of the place. Doon was a hot shop during the time of the landlords. The people never showed the white feather, but the priests were always there to help them in every trouble. The Hayes are gone and the Quinlans and Bradle , too, of course.
