Newry rode in. He was a kind gentlemen: he was very angry and made him to be let free.
An old woman, a daughter of that was, I heard her telling that her father had to wear a linen gauze across his shoulders where he was lashed to keep it from irritating or getting raw especially in the Summer.7.) The government appointed men to give pardons to all who took up arms. A Capt: McDonald, a Scotsman was appointed round this country. He gave so many days to the [?] or places he would appoint.
Hacketstown was one of the places. He gave permits or pardons to any one who went to him without ere a bit of trouble. A boy by the name of Granger whose father had a small farm in Bullamagurogue got his pardon from Capt. McDonald. He was a marked man by Nixon. Nixon rode up to Granger's house with some of his yeos and shot him in the presence of his father. When Capt. McDonald heard about it "What" says he "to shoot a man with the King's pardon. I will get him hung". He got Nixon arrested and his trial came off. The chief witness was the father. The day of the trial the father never turned up Capt. McDonald was so disgusted he left the country immediately. The father was always blamed by the people around of taking a bribe of blood money from Nixon. His relations

10.) After the battle of Hacketstown the road leading from the bridge into the town was strewn with dead horses, cattle and men and was there without being butned for a fortnight.
An old man used to tell about a corpse of a poor pikeman that fell into a slough at the river and there it was sitting on its backside with the pike across its knees the whole summer, no one ever buried it. It was down Kilmacart hill the rebels came to attack the town and it was down there the yeos met them. 11.) There is only three families that was named about here that fought in the rebellion that bears the same name by descent- John Dallon of Ballyshoe some of the Byrnes of Knockatomcoyle and the Byrnes of Kilquiggan. Of course there is families on their mothers sides that was in it- but those that was in the yeos is nearly all around us. Bid Dolan
12. Dom Wybrant's father (old Bob Wybrant) used to tell about him working in Porien's bog- now Peter Byrne's- when he was a chap when word went through the bog that the famous Bid Dolan who got all the men hung and shot in the rebellion

Topographic
31. Ballybrack:- Tradition says that in days gone by the boggy place on one side of this downland used to be a lake. This lake was much frequented by trout hence the the name.
Coolmanagh:- It is said that there was a monastery here in the olden times and that the word Coolmanagh owes its origin to this fact and meaning the back and mainisrear Irish for monastery.
Ballasallagh:-This name is said to have been given to this p lace owning to the fact that as most of the land there is low lying and a great many pillow trees of "sallies" as they are called locally grow there.
Curragh: This is name given to the town land adjoining the school and was so called because is the land is low lying and marshy.
Kilmacart is the name of the town land north of Hacketstown and was so called because there was a church there in olden times. There is the remains of an old graveyard still to be seen there.

(3) Age 65
(4) Farmer
(5) Natives of this place and spent his life hers
(6) Thomas Harris
(7) Twenty years ago
(8) 57 years
(9) Tombeagh, Hacketstown, Co. Carlow,
(10) Written in this book 7th July 1934

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FESTIVAL CUSTOMS
New Year's EveThe people of Hacketstown keep New Year's Eve in the following way. The bandsmen go out with their instruments and play a number of tunes. They march up and down the streets. A number of children walk in a pos procession. They play old Irish tunes such as "Let Erin remember the days of old". "The harp that once through Tara's halls", "Come back to Erin", "The boys of Wexford". Nearly everyone in the town stays up till midnight till the bandsmen go out and there are lights in every house. They say that they play out the old year and play in the New year.
HALLOW E'enHallow E'en is always on the last night of October. We eat nuts, barm brack, apples and colcannon. There is generally great fun on Hallow Eve night cracking nuts.

Cancer - Robert Harris of Coolmanagh has a cure for external cancer. He got a cure from his Father who previously got it from his Mother.
He mixes a plaster and puts it on where the cancer is.
The person has to go to him two or three times to see how it is getting on, and to remove the plaster, and the root of the cancer comes out. The plaster is left on for five weeks.The above remedy was got from Mr Harris
Tombeagh
Hacketstown,
Co. Carlow.

children made "Easter houses" outside and they boiled eggs, and ate them out side. They used to eat pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, and colcannon was eaten at Hallow E'en. This custom is kept up still in this locality.
Violet Seabrooke.Material obtained from : -
Mrs. Drought,
Ballybrack,
Hacketstown,
Co. Carlow.

village called Coolmanagh to the Clonmore road. The Constable Hill road is a very old road. It is also a very narrow road.
There is another old road called Ballybrack road. It is very rough and there are some very big hills on it. It leads from Knockananna Road to High Park.
There is also an old road leading from Croneskeagh to Ballinagilky. It is very hilly and has a very rough surface. It is also very narrow and not many people go by it except people who are walking. there is another old path leading from the town of Hacketstown to the Tinahely road. There are a great many small houses at the beginning of the path and about a mile further on there a a few farmers houses. This path is "The Eagle Hill Lane"There is a ford at Rathnafishogue. Horses have to go through the river. People on foot walks across the stepping stones. There is also a ford at

Local Roads
There are five roads from Hackestown. There is a road from hacketstown to Tullow. It is "The New Line". It was made in 1846 and 1847 to give employment to people who were starving in the famine. It was made nearly parallel to the old road. In some places the ditch of the old road can be seen. The road to Tinahely which was made in 1846 is all called "The New Line" by the local people. It is a fine well kept road. There is a great deal of traffic on it. It is also the bus road. There is a road to Baltinglass . It is kept very well and it is the widest road around here. there is also a road to Knocknanna. It is very hilly and the road is rough for travelling. The road to Clonmore is called the Woodside road. There a great many trees growing on this road. There is an old road called the Constable Hill road leading from the

the Hacketstown graveyard. It is in the western side of the church. It is built like a little house ten feet square.
The vault is about fifteen feet high from the bottom to the top of the roof. The four sides of the roof are slanted into a point. The whole of it is built of stone. There used to be a door for an entrance, the door has been built up because the vault is full It was erected in memory of Christina Hozier. Violet Seabrooke,Material obtained from:- Mrs. Leaghy,
Clonmore,
Co. Carlow.

As a gale it might rise
And give you a surprise
And take it away like the wild mountain boys.
You can talk about cants and talk about hats.
You can talk about smart boys and fools.
It used to be Dick Tutty's but now it's Leo O'Tools'The composer of this song is Nicholas O'Toole Rathduffmore. Hacketstown. This man's hat was taken by a mistake at a dance by the composer of this song.

Once upon a time there was a man named Peter Doyle of Hacketstown who was coming home from a game of cards.
He had to cross through a field that was at one time an old graveyard.
He had a pack of cards in his pocket.
We he came to the style he was not able to cross it. He looked around and say a big dark animal beside him. He kept looking at it and the animal leaped over towards him and told him to take the cards out of his pocket.
He took them out and blessed himself then the animal disappeared.
He found out after from the priest that it was the devil in the form of a dark animal.

fight. As well as that, the eight men would not have surrendered so easily if they had had a leader with them. Anyway, they gave up their eight guns, and it was with these eight guns that the rebels in the cabin were shot.It was St Patrick's night, and was very cold and wet. The 100 soldiers - the Glengarry Fencibles, had travelled from Hacketstown. They had had a visit there from an informer, who told them where Dwyer and his men were spending the night. Their own guns were useless, because they were flint guns, and the powder in the pans was wet. So it was that the eight dry guns were used in the fight with Dwyer.The eight men were taken prisoners, and we never heard what became of them - it is quite sure they were put to death.When the soldiers went to the cabin, Dwyer asked to have the people of the house let away. He meant to make a fight, for he knew he'd be gibbetted if he gave himself away.Now, again, we are sure that the 100 guns were useless, because if the 100 men had fired, there would not have been left a stone on a stone in the house. Then, McAllister got about six bullets. Well if the remaining 94 had to fire while Dwyer

The names of the local roads are, the "New Line", "Bog Road", "Feddan Lane", and the "Green Lane".The "New Line" leads from Talbotstown Crossroads to Woodfield Crossroads. Talbotstown is in the parish of Kiltegan. Woodfield Crossroads is in the parish of Baltinglass. This road was made in the time of the Famine 1846 to 1847.There is an old road running through Crossnacole called "Fedden Lane" which is about one mile long. It is very old but still known and used.
Crossnacole, Kiltegan parish, Talbotstown barony. The "Bog Road" leads from Graigue Cross to Farrells' Cross. Graigue is in the parish of Kiltegan, barony Talbotstown. This road is so called because there are bogs on each side of it.The "Green Lane" is in Highpark. It is still used. Highpark is in the parish of Kiltegan, barony Talbotstown.A road was made in the time of the famine, called the "New Line". It starts about quarter of a mile outside of Hacketstown, and leads through the bog to Ballinaguilky. This road is a mile long.

Forges were more common in olden times than they are now. Many years ago there were no motors or bicycles, so horses were used for travelling.
There are four forges in the parish. The forge is generally situated near a stream or by a roadside.
A bellows, an anvil, a tongs and a large hammer are the things which the smith uses at his work.
The door of the forge is generally a wide door. The is only one fireplace in the forge.
The smith shoes horses and asses in the forge and people often bring farm implements to the smith to get them repaired.
About the year of 1798 smiths often made pikes during the nights.
The forges of this parish are situated in the following places:- Rathdangan Hacketstown, Knockananna and Moyne The forge in Rathdangan is owned by

There are several forges in this parish. In olden times there were numbers of old forges in this parish. Some of them were situated beside the road or by a stream. At that time the smith generally worked in the open.
In olden times there was an old forge in Kilcarney. It was situated beside the road.
At that time the smith used to make ploughs, harrows and other farm implements.
In Hacketstown there is a forge. It is in use still. The roof is made of zinc. There are two fireplaces in it. The smith who works in this forge is Mr. Mac Donald. His people have been smith for many years.
There is another forge in Knockananna. It is situated beside a road. There is only one fireplace in this forge. Its roof is made of zinc. It has a large

Our Holy Wells.There are two holy wells in our Parish. One of them is situated on the side of Ballycurra Road about a mile from our school. The other is situated under the road in Moyne in the Parish of Hacketstown. No people visit these holy wells on certain days now, nor no rounds are performed, nor prayers said. Some people were cured at the well in Moyne long ago. Saint Brigid is mentioned in connection with them. The well in Moyne is especially recommended for the cure of sore eyes.
Edward Eustace
Cool Lodge
Aughrim
Co. Wicklow

The Holy Well in Moyne.There is a holy well in Moyne, a village in the Parish of Hacketstown. It is on the side of the road. It is called st Columcilles well. A girl named Mary Cullen and a girl named Berney were coming home after shopping in Moyne. Mary Cullen was suffering from a sore neck. They were talking about the well and the girl said "why don't you wash your neck with the water"; and she did so and she was cured.
Josie Byrne
Coolballintaggart
Aughrim
Co. Wicklow.

Coolballintaggart - My Home District.Coolballintaggart means "the back of the Priest's town". It is in Hacketstown Parish. There are eight families in my town-land, and about thirty one people. The most common name is O.Byrne. Slated houses (is) are the most common. There are only four old people in my town-land and they do not know Irish. Some of them can tell stories.
These are the names of all the old people. Mrs. Walsh. Mrs. Mac Clane. Mrs. Byrne. Mr. Byrne. Long ago there were more houses than at present. A number of people went out of Coolballintaggart to America and France. The land is both hilly and boggy. There is one wood named Cool. The river "Owe" runs beside it.Edward Eustace
Cool Lodge
Aughrim
Co. Wicklow

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The Police they then got word
And straight way they did go
And on a cold November night -
They arrested poor old Joe.8 They brought him off to Hacketstown.
Bewailing his sad fate.
And there he had to stand his trial
Before the magistrate.Davy Ryan was like