School: Screen (roll number 9679)
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- Screen, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Cáit Ní Mhurchadha
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- 1798
Local insurgents were led by General Roche, Garrylough and General Fitzgerald, New Park, who were relatives.
Both generals fought at Oulart Hill, which is situated seven miles from Screen. - 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.
- General Roche is buried in Saunderscourt, in the parish of Castlebridge. General Fitzgerald is believed to have been buried somewhere near Hamburg. General Roche surrendered at Wexford, was court martialled and condemned to transportation. He was sent to New Geneva, but before the vessel sailed he died suddently. It is believed he was poisoned.
- YeosThe leader of the Yeos was named Turner, and he lived at Newfort in(continues on next page)