School: Baile Caisleáin an Róistigh (B.) (roll number 14107)
- Location:
- Castletownroche, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Luineacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0371, Page 197
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- (continued from previous page)throats of the gunners they sprang.
It took but a few seconds to turn the guns on the broken English. They scattered but reformed down in the valley, all the time re-inforcements were marching from Buttevant.
While the Irish waved, shouted jeered at their foes, the English were quietly creeping up from behind and in a few minutes the glorious victory of half an hour before was turned into a disgraceful rout. Taaffe the old people say was the first to fly; but Mac Allister and his band bravely held their ground.
Surrounded on all sides hopelessly outnumbered the leader and his men at length(continues on next page)
