1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Gleann Doire (C.)

School: Gleann Doire (C.) (roll number 10404)

Location:
Glenderry, Co. Kerry
Teacher:
Cáit Bean Uí Gléathabhúir
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417D, Page 02_027

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0417D, Page 02_027

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Gleann Doire (C.)
  2. XML Page 02_027
  3. XML “Local Heroes”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. Local Heroes (continued)

    Share Share Post
    (continued from previous page)
    of the boast to the drunken man and ordered him to arrest him which he accordingly attempted to do. Instead of arresting him Burns, who got rid of the drunken appearance, took the R.I.C. man with one hand and flung him over a wall adjoining the barrack, walked away and left the policeman a victim to a broken collarbone. This gave him a little more sense than he had hitherto and never more interfered with our hero.
    This is only one of the great feats he performed during this career.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Flahive
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Glenderry, Co. Kerry