School: Clochar na Trócaire, Teampoll Mór (roll number 9407)

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1. A Few Notes Upon Templemore and the Happenings Within It (continued)

   

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   the country boys at the races had a row and a big fight ensued. The soldiers took off their belts and used them as weapons, the civilians pulled up the tent poles of the several tent owners on the race course and used these formidable clubs as weapons with which to repel the military onslaught. A battle royal resulted, the civilians proved too many for the army and chased the soldiers back from Aughal and through the streets of Templemore up even to the very precincts of the Military Barracks. I used to hear my dear mother (R.I.P.) say that she was alone in our house with myself, a boy of two years and my brother James (R.I.P.) a baby in arms when some soldiers rushed in by the

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Josie Brennan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Patrick Street, Co. Tipperary

   Informant

   Mr Michael Casey

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   84

   Address

   Drogheda, Co. Louth