Volume: CBÉ 0463 (Part 2)

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1. Famine (continued)

   

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2. Fenians

   

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   The fenian movement was strong around Castlerea- my father was an Active member of it.
   One day this house was surrounded-
   by House Soldiers in front, by police at the rear who, burst in the back door, placed my father under arrest, and then searched the house- shouting as they did so- "We have him at last, we have him at last". lifting up a small box from out a chest. "See all the ammunition he has in this chest." "Oh!" said my father, who was standing by under arrest "Oh! let ye see what kind of ammunition it is"- All the gold coins he had in the house. (It was then the custom to keep money concealed in their own homes. 'These were no Banks through out the Country- no cheque Books etc)
   My father, enjoyed their disappointment "Well," said he to the now not too Amiable Sergeant, "what would you say, if I said, 'you were standing on arms'"? At this remark, the police searched the home a second time, ripped up the floors, beds, in fact, every thing, and every where- The sergeant, muttering,

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   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Roman script