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From: "Mary Heaphy" <>
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Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2006 22:23:06 -0000


Freeman 29-4-1817.

Clonmel

On Saturday morning John Quigley, for a rape near Newport, was executed in
front of our County Gaol, pursuant to his sentence at our last assizes; and
on Monday Patrick Sheffly and Thomas Ryan were hanged at Drombane for
forcibly taking arms from John Grant, a constable.



April 26th.

Last night four fellows with pistols and blunderbusses, broke into Patrick
Cunningham's house, near Newport, Co. Tipperary, and stole every portable
article they could get hold of;-Just as we were going to Press, Alderman
Watson detected a fellow named Hickey, in whose possession much of the
stolen property was found-he is lodged in jail.



A reward of 150/. Is offered by the gentlemen of Nenagh, and its vicinity,
for the apprehension of the two persons concerned in the murder of William
Kennedy, near the town, on the night of the 12th.



We have to record another of those acts of outrage which disgrace this
county;-Last night between the hours of 12 and 1 O'Clock,, the beautiful
cottage at Bird-Hill, on the estate of Arthur Ormsby. Esq. was maliciously
set fire to, and burned to the ground. It was lately put into neat order,
and occupied by Mr. Thomas Franks, Esq, Agent to Mr. Ormsby. It may be
remembered that about two years ago, the mansion house on this estate, and
in the absence of the respected owner, suffered a similar fate, and though
there was not the least doubt of its being maliciously burned, yet the fact
could not be brought home to the suspected persons, and the inference to be
drawn now is, that the very fellows who committed the former act, feeling
themselves secure from any punishment on that account, were emboldened to
commit the present, under the same hope of success. Since writing the above,
we have learned that three more houses were burned on the Lands of Kilmaquae
and Cragg, in the same neighbourhood.

Mary

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