School: Cluain Mór (1), Baile an Droichid
- Location:
- Clonmore, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Séamus Ó Laochdha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 127
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- (continued from previous page)went around to each of them, ' Are you one'. 'Are you one' The most of them were not United men at all. He came around to a man named (I won't tell you his name as his people are around still) He said 'it was Tom Doyle swore men'. 'Oh bother the bit' says Doyle 'what did you say that for.' the upshot of it was that any of them had arms gave them up and then the Parish Priest, Fr. Hanniffy denounced those who took up arms off the altar and that quietened them and would have passed quietly only for the Nixons4) there was Col. Nixon and Captain Nixon. They lived in Monney house where Lawrences is now . The house has a view of all the country around. There was not a protestant fellow around Coolkenno, Aghole, Money, Milesia and all the townsland for miles around but was in the yeomans corps and a good few Catholics too. They harassed and raided the houses so much that the men was afraid to sleep in them at night and afraid to work on the land by day. If they were caught in those raids they were drove on to some loyalist protestant and if they did not vouch for their good behaviour they shot them.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- James Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Gowle, Co. Wicklow
