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1. A Romance of Macroom Castle (continued)

   

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   the military who was also in the centre of the Square, rifle in hand.
   This sergeant was the best marksman in the regiment, and his commanding officer had boasted so much about the quickness and accuracy of the sergeant in the use of the rifle that he averred that if he saw but one square inch of Sean Rue for one second he would find the mark. But Sean Rua had eluded his pursuers for a number of years, and that day he was present of his own free will to answer the proud boast of that military officer. So events that led up to the day's meeting savoured a romance.
   Mr Hedges, the landlord of Macroom Castle and much of the surrounding country which he purchased from the Hollow Sword Blade Company of London, was a sportsman and fond of hunting. He gave two valuable pups to a farmer near the Gaeragh[?] to be reared, and Sean Rua, tired of being hunted by the yeomanry of Bandon, killed the pups on learning how they belonged to.
   Mr Hedges, was highly indignant and avowed

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mairghread Ní Chroínín

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Rusheen, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Diarmuid Ó Cheilleachair

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rusheen, Co. Cork