School: Ballinacree (B.) (roll number 13965)
- Location:
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Pádraic Ó Connachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0717, Page 114
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“Whern is about 4 miles from this school.”
(continued from previous page)They were then brought to Kells for trial and the country around was searched for witnesses and for the horseman who saw but none could be found only Nicholas Brown and the Cobbler Tuite, great swearers who never saw it.
They were sentenced to the gallows and they were hanged in Kells – the last to be hanged there. The mother was a soft kind of woman and she went to Kells the day of the hanging and she ate gooseberries off a little bush while they were a hanging. When Pat was taken down dead two white butterflies came out of his head and flew up to heaven. The mother got their clothes and walked home. Ellen was transported to Van Diemens Land and she married an Irishman Reilly. She was free to marry but not to leave Van Diemans Land. One of the Mahers lived after in Ballinacree (Now the school yard) This is probally the 3rd brother) His nephew Reilly came home from Van Diemans Land,(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Smyth
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 88
- Address
- Ballynacree, Co. Meath