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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [News] !! Connaught Journal; Feb 10, 1823 #5
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 17:24:41 -0500


Connaught Journal
Galway, Ireland
Monday, Feb 10, 1823
Volume 69 Price 5 Pence

PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE
LIMERICK, Feb. 5-On Sunday night, a farm house on the lands of Brianstown,
in the North Liberties of this City, was visited by a large party of
ruffians who entered the house, and after removing the care-taker, his wife,
and such furniture as belonged to him, deliberately set the house on fire,
which was shortly consumed. Mr. RUSSELL had lately set the farm to a man
from the neighbourhood of Park, who had not yet taken the possession of it.
Immediately after the fire, a party of Captain DROUGHT's very efficient
Police proceeded to the spot, where they made prisoners of some suspicious
person found straggling on the road.

On the night of the 24th ult., a rick of hay, containing upwards of eighteen
tons, on the lands of Ballyveshanbee, near Effin, was maliciously burned.

On the night of the 26th, an armed party attacked a house at Crigane; they
broke the windows, sashes &c; wounded two servant-men with a sabre on the
head, nad beat a woman, who had charge of the house, in a cruel manner.

On Friday night last, an armed party burned a farm-house and out-house,
belonging to David HARTIGAN, on the lands of Fort.

The house of Fortlands, occupied by James MORRISON, was attacked by an armed
party on Sunday night, in search of arms. They administered several oaths to
two female servants.

A letter from Doneraile states, that on Sunday, during the time of Divine
Service, a party of eight men, five of whom were dressed in women's clothes,
attacked the house of James FENNEL, Esq. the name of whose residence is
Landscape, situate near the town of Doneraile.
Two men were taken into custody by Mr. NAGLE, one of whom had flints and
other articles belonging to fire-arms, but direct evidence of their having
been concerned in the attack has not yet been obtained.

Last week a quantity of barrack bedding was put on cars in the town of
Banagher, to be sent to the Reverend J. CONNOLLY, of Ballingarry, for the
use of the poor in that district. They had scarely left town, when they were
attacked by a vast concourse of people, principally women, who carried away
the entire of the bedding (about 100 set), before a guard could be procured.

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