School: Ferns (C.) (roll number 13267)
- Location:
- Ferns, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Mhuimhneacháin
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- (continued from previous page)was found guilty but he escaped and was set free he, Murphy, emigrated to America where he lived to be an old man.
- When Butler O'Brien fell from his horse dead it is said that he fell against a tree and the marks of the blood still remain to be seen on the tree in Kilbora wood about a mile from Ferns.When Butler fell his horse ran swiftly to the Palace (the residence of Butler O'Brien.) The people seeing the horse in such a state came to the conclusion that something had happened.One of the men ot upon the horses back and gave him a loose rein. The horse carried the rider to the spot where Butler lay dead. The man took Butler up-on the horse and brought him quickly to the Palace and laid the dead body on the door step. Tradition says that the blood(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Myles Breen
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tinnashrule, Co. Wexford