School: Grangemocler (C.) Carrick-on-Suir (roll number 7596)
- Location:
- Grangemockler, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Mrs Brigid Feehan
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- During the rebellion of 1798 a number of Irish men armed with pikes were on Slievenamon mountain. A Co Kilkenny man was going to join them. He was arrested near Nine Mile House by the British Military who were camped there. The English officer seeing that he was a fine looking man said he would give him one chance of his life and that was to fight one of his soldiers with a hand stick against a naked sword. They would not leave the Kilkenny the pike he carried in the fight against the soldier only a hand stick.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Rita Lanigan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Paddy Cooney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Bleenaleen Lower, Co. Tipperary