That on Sunday the 15th May 1825
he went into the house of the widow McDonnell
(Publican) of Clonegal in the Barony of Saint
Mullins, Carlow and on going into a room in said
house where several of his friends and neighbours
were drinking, namely John Kavanagh, William
Kavanagh and Michael Whealan all of Ballyredmond ,
Carlow and James Foley of Urelands and Thomas
Mulhall of Ballyisland, County Wicklow, he sat down
with his company in said room when after some short
time a certain person named Patrick Hickey of
Clongarret who was in another company in said room
handed John Kavanagh a tumbler of beer and on
drinking John Kavanagh's health ~~
John Keough of Clonegal (Skinner)
stood up and in a violent and menacing tone objected
against drinking John Kavanagh's health and called
him a an infernal rascal and said he was the fellow
would soon beat him out of Clonegal, and further
proceeded and struck informant (Patrick Fitzpatrick
) without any provocation, encouraged thereto and to
further outrage by his two sons, Pat Keough and
Edward Keough, his daughter Elizabeth Keough,
William Stanes and Robert McCann all of Clonegal and
John Donohue and Richard Pinder both of Coolroe,
Carlow who were all drinking together in a separate
company from Patrick Fitzpatrick and his friends.
John Keough then gave a signal to
his son Pat Keough desiring him to do what he could,
meaning as Informant, Pat Fitzpatrick, supposed, to
go out and collect a faction and which supposition
afterwards appeared verified for shortly after when
Patrick Fitzpatrick and his company went out into
the Street of Clonegal for the purpose of going
home, were there and then, assailed with a
tremendous discharge of Stones by John Keough, Pat
Keough, Edward Keough, Anne Keough, Elizabeth Keough,
Robert McCann, Mary Stanes, William Stanes, John
Hickey, (Tailor), and Thomas Jordon, Junior all of
Clonegal, John Donahue and Richard Pinder of Coolroe,
Laurence Doyle (Carpenter) of Kilcarry and George
Foster of Orchard all of county Carlow. The
Consequence of which was that Informant (Patrick
Fitzpatrick) and his company were all violently
Struck with said Stones, some of them cut, bruised,
battered and grossly assaulted and three of them
more especially wounded, namely John Kavanagh, James
Foley and James Whealan of Clonegal were knocked
down by most violent and dreadful blows of Stones in
their heads by which they were shockingly cut,
bruised, battered and grossly assaulted and left in
all appearance dead for a considerable time lying in
the Street, and the said James Foley and James
Whealan remain since confined to their beds in a
most dangerous State of illness, insomuch that their
lives appear to be in imminent danger, by the cruel
and inhuman punishment inflected on them by the
aforesaid outrageous persons ~~
Sworn us this 25th
day of May 1825.
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San.....
Colclough,
- Richard
Kerr.
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Patrick Fitzpatrick acknowledges
himself bound to our Sovereign Lord the King, his
Heirs and Successors in the Penal Sum of Ten Pounds
Sterling to prosecute the within named Persons at
the next ensuing Sessions of the Peace to be held in
the town of Tullow, County Carlow.
- The above is a true and
accurate transcript of the original document.
- This document
was transcribed by Pat O' Reagan
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