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    to the gallows in a few hours time.
    Dawn's chill would freeze him as he swung under a hangman's noose. Heavens! What a fate! and what a dismal end to a young life innocent of crime. He could blame that slut of a woman for it all. She had lured him to recklessness with her soft words of longing for him.
    She had told him she wanted him above everything else on earth. She reciprocated his love for her, She said "Listen Catherine" and he had whispered to her in a Cavan boreen on a night of moonlight and romance. Do you realize that the uncle you live with hates me and mine like poison. Do you not
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    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