School: Cluainín (roll number 13231)
- Location:
- Cloneen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Éamonn Ó Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 056
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- (continued from previous page)was expecting something to happen. It was a thatched house. Some hour of the night the house was put on fire. There was a wall in front of the house, and the O'Gorman's were behind the wall firing shots at the house.The man of the house had the key and he went to open the door when he was just opening the door a shot was fired and killed the man. No one could get the key after that. All the people had to stay in the house and they were all burned except one little child. The little child was put into a pot of water. There was no one arrested for a while but one night the O'Gorman's were drinking in a public house. They were drunk. They asked for more and she refused them. The threatened her that if she would not more whiskey they would do like they done to the Shea's. The woman(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peggy O' Donnell
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John O' Donnell
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 85
- Address
- Rossane, Co. Tipperary
