School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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- About a hundred and twenty years ago (?) house was raided for arms. A man by the name of Mr Watson who was one of the raiders was accused of taking a gun.The maid of the house was trying to save the man and she said that only for him she would have been killed. Then they brought him out and tied him to the back of a horse's cart and beat him with whips and sticks. Then they hung him in The Square and threw quick (?) on(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pat Flynn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr J. Meehan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois