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  1. A Story of a Famous Abduction - Hugh Reynolds of Cavan

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    A story of a famous abduction
    Hugh Reynolds of cavan
    Hugh Reynolds must have been thinking bitter things about Catherine McCabe as he lay awake on the prison bed, through the long night with the moonlight for sole company, the same romantic moonlight that reminded him of his own queer "love affair" now ended in desolation.
    Love! he spot out the word, wishing that someone might be there to hear his opinion on the subject, to listen to him while he denounced the woman whose protestations of affection for him had brought him to the misery of this narrow cell, aye, that would bring him much further still,
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mrs Joseph Mullen
    Gender
    Female
    Occupation
    Teacher
    Address
    Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan
    Informant
    Joseph Lynch
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Farren Connell, Co. Cavan