School: Drumlish (C.) (roll number 10023)
- Location:
- Drumlish, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Brigid Lacy
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- (continued from previous page)with forks and scythes to oppose the sheriff. The sheriff went home and the people stayed in the town for days and nights. Then the sheriff returned with 500 horse-soldiers. The town was thronged with people armed with such weapons such as forks and scythes, and the Lancers were ready to charge, when Father Tom Conefrey, the parish priest, came between them. He asked the people to follow him and he led them to the chapel. He got all their weapons deposited in the chapel and locked it. He then advised the people to go home and depend on passive resistance. He went to Lord Granard and got a generous settlement for the tenants. A few were evicted, but they were reinstated. Father Tom is lovingly remembered because he prevented bloodshed.Rita Murphy.
Cloonmacart,
Drumlish,
Co. Longford. 16.12.1937- Collector
- Rita Murphy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Cloonmacart, Co. Longford