School: Scairt (B.), Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4126)

Location:
Scart, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Rinn
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  2. One of the many great me who left their homes in the March of 1867 to make a darring attempt to free their country, one whose name is Peter O'Neill Crowley who was later shot in Kilclooney Wood. He was born near Ballymacoda in the year 1832 and was a young man when the Fenian movement started. Crowley was soon a trusted leader of the movement and it is stated that his home in Ballymacoda was the meeting place.
    Another great leader of the Rebellion was MacLure who was recently home from America, and it is said that when he arrived at Crowley's house he ordered all the men to be ready to take their place in the fighting ranks on the following day. They then proceeded to Castle Martyr to attack the
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