School: Clochar na Trócaire, Dún Drongáin (roll number 7232)

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   “In the early part of the nineteenth century a family named O'Shea resided at the foot of Slievenamon near Cloneen.”

   

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   The perpetrators were arrested after some time and two of them, brothers named Maher were hanged publicly in Cloneen. The third, OGorman, was hanged in Clonmel later on. The principal witness for the prosecution was known as "Jude the Cuneen" She kept a "Shebeen" on the mountain-side where she sold poteen. The men that committed the crime were drinking there that night and she overheard the conversation and followed them. She saw them set fire to O'Shea's house. She was of course well paid by the government for the information. There is a tradition that when the government had all the information they required from her and the men were hanged she was thrown into the Suir in Clonmel one night when the river was flooded and the body taken out to sea.

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   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mr Whyte

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Rathkenny, Co. Tipperary