School: Kilteevan (roll number 14966)

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1. Encounter Between Fenians and the Police (continued)

   

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   there was no chance of having him buried as the graveyard was closely watched, day and night, by the soldiers. The coffin was then put in a rick of turf and remained there for about 3 months. An opportunity occurred for interring the body on the occasion of another funeral proceeding to the graveyard and when the vigilance of the soldiers had somewhat abated.

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2. Carrolls Stile

   

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   A couple of hundred yards farther on towards Kilteevan Church, from where Irwin was shot, is a rough stile, called Carrolls Stile There are just a few stone steps in the side of a ditch, leading up to the field, which is here 6 or 8 feet higher than the road
   It is said that in the penal times a Priest was being closely pursued by some 'Priest hunters' in the vicinity of this stile. All were on horseback, pursued & persuers. His pursuers were so close upon him when he came to this stile that his capture seemed certain. When the horse came to this stile, he gave

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