School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)
- Location:
- Ennis, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Proinnsias Ó Fionnmhacháin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - D'Esterre was bribed by the British Government to shoot O Connell. After a quarell O Connell and D'Esterre decided to fight a duel. O Connell was no match for D'Esterre but he had a very good assistant at that time called "Fireball" Mac Namara. When the morning of the duel came Fireball stood behind O Connell and steadied his hand and said "Fire now and all will be well." O Connell fired and D'Esterre fell. Then "Fireball put a mark on his walking stick and stuck it where D'Esterre fell. He went back and stood where O Connell stood and fired. He cut the stick in two.
- Daniel O Connell was born in the year 1775. One evening Daniel was invited to a dinner by the English Government. During the dinner poison was put in his wine-glass. But it happened that in their service there was an Irish maid. She asked Daniel did he know Irish and she told him there was poison in his wine-glass. She went out in(continues on next page)
