School: Knockerra (C.), Killimer
- Location:
- Knockerra, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Eibhlín Ní Cholgain
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- (continued from previous page)Kilrush after delivering the District box in Kilrush, and purchased harness tack there, which he spilled along the road to puncture the bicycles of the scouts. This he succeeded in doing. Crowley had a relay of horsemen at different points on the journey who followed the box and succeeded in preventing the extraction of the extra votes.
Crowley was waiting at the Court House in Ennis and charged him (the P. Officer) with interfering with the box, the wiring of which was broken. The box was then rebound by Crowley in the presence of the Returning Officer and the County Inspector of Police, and locked in the strong room. When the box was brought forward next day; one of the County officials said "this is the box all the noise was abut last night and we'll want a smith to open it!! Crowley presented him with a pliers by which he cut the wires and when the notes were chequed 17 extra votes were found in it marked with a heavy blue pencil mark while all the other votes were marked with ordinary ballot pencil. The matter was reported to the L. G. B. and permission asked of the(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr B. Crowley
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 66
- Address
- Tullagower, Co. Clare
