School: Cnoc an Éin Fhinn (Birdhill) (roll number 13991)

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   down to tender the money to Murnane. He was two hours late and on account of that Murnane refused to accept the money. Captain Twiss took the case to Dublin with the result that he lost the Bang Up field and had to give back the three hundred pounds to Murnane. The cost of the court amounted to three hundred pounds more.
   On the road between Birdhill and O'Briens Bridge there lived twenty families. All the houses were within forty yards of each other and the landlord decided to evict them all between Saturday night and Sunday morning. He arrived in Birdhill at mid night. He was accompanied by a grow bar brigade and was assisted by the local peelers. He commenced his operations and met feeble resistance from the first few families until he arrived at the house of Henlys. This man Henly had a son a British soldier who fought in the Battle of Inkerman. When the battle was over young Henly came home and be brought home a rifle and couple of hundred bullets. When the grow bar brigade arrived at his fathers house the landlord called on him to surrender. The young man stepped out, put the rifle to his shoulder and said "You cowardly thraitor". He then put the rifle to his shoulder and shot the landlord dead.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Birdhill, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   Thomas Teefey

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Coosane, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Michael Teefey

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   54

   Occupation

   Railway worker

   Address

   Coosane, Co. Tipperary