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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IRELAND-OLD-NEWS] !! Ballina Chronicle; July 11, 1849 "Shameful Proceedings in Co Sligo"
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 13:36:35 -0500


BALLINA CHRONICLE
Ballina, Mayo, Ireland
Wednesday, July 11, 1849


SHAMEFUL PROCEEDINGS- It has seldom been our duty to record more disgraceful
proceedings than that which was allowed to take place on Wednesday last, in St.
John's churchyard, while the remains of a young man named Murray, one of the
Scots Greys, stationed in town, was being interred. No sooner had the Rev. Mr.
Shepherd commenced the burial service (which appears to have been the signal),
than a set of ragged urchins mounted the tree which overhung the grave, and
commenced hooting, shouting, throwing clods, &c. to the no small annoyance of
many respectable parties who attended the funeral, and who did everything in
their power to check the disturbance but to no avail. As this is only one of the
many scenes that from time to time occur on such occasions, of which the
inhabitants cannot but be well aware, we deem it at present unnecessary to say
more than merely direct the attention of the authorities to the matter, who, we
are sure, will at once put an end to such ruffianism, by making one or two
examples, which, we are inclined to think, will have the desired effect. We may
here add, marriage parties are treated in a similar way whenever they visit the
church.--Sligo Guardian.

Cathy Joynt Labath
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