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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0868, Page 061

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    War" there as a meeting held on the Square in this district. It was a young priest, Father Murphy who addressed it. After the meeting when the crowd was dispersing they began to fling stones and other things, which angered the police and they charged the crowd and a man by the name of Mansfield was killed, by the police. The farmers got very angry and the aged priest Father Walsh went to the head of the police and told them if they would leave the crowd alone he would send them home and only for him there would have been many deaths that day.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Phelan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    55
    Address
    Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny