School: Clochar na Trócaire, Ceann tSáile
- Location:
- Kinsale, Co. Cork
- Teacher: An tSr. Úna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0319, Page 294
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- (continued from previous page)cases of terror. In the majority of cases the women supported the men in resisting the Antrims. When they rushed at a delicate priest Fr Carton, a woman was the first to come to his rescue.
She risked her life while the cudgels of the drunken Orange men were flying around her head, to save the priest.
At Market Lane stood a woman armed with a reaping hook. The women of Higher Street piled up stones ready for any enemy that would show himself on the Stony Steps.
After this attempt at wrecking and killing, the townspeople had increased confidence in themselves.
- Informant
- Séamus Breathnach
- Gender
- Male
