ROINN
OF
BUREAU
COSANTA.
MILITARY
DOCUMENT
NO.
WITNESS.
BY
STATEMENT
1913-21.
HISTORY,
1507.
W.S.
Witness
Joseph
McCarthy,
29 South
Street,
New Ross,
Co. Wexford.
Identity.
1st
Vice
New Ross
Lieutenant,
Commandant,
Company.
New Ross
Battalion.
Subject.
Explosion
at
Saltmills,
Co.
Wexford,
October,
Conditions, if any, Stipulated by Witness.
Nil.
File No
S.2836.
Form B.S.M.2
1920.
SECOND
South
29
It
colours
elms.
was
of
and
wheat
were
and
naked
leaving,
in
stacked
Abbey.
the
in
the
old
oaks
The
barley
neighbouring
the
quiet,
Wexford.
had,
tinted
russet,
McCARTHY7
Co.
Autumn
1920.
Tintern
surrounding
JOSEPH
New Ross,
Street,
October,
red
OF
STATEMENT
her
gay
and
and
haggards,
stubble
close-cut
fields.
A short
lonely,
St.
in
the
and
and
of
in
On a
to
a not
by cattle
grazed
road,
and
by St.
along
except
by people
little
distance
St.
Kearns
Captain
quay
that
led
was
to
The
and
had
of
that
along
this
road
is
schooners,
a gateway
that
gave
old
a
runs
is
seldom
used
A
stretch.
the
old
of
quay
to
belonging
cargoes.
Opposite
access
to
the
fields
house.
I.R.A.
it
filling
cartridge
ammunition.
Raids
bombs,
were
Ballycullane
which
coal
using
cultivated,
churchyard,
brought
local
were
furze
condition,
from
road
shore,
sailing
this
been
for
Tintern
Kearns
along
Roche,
the
to
the
who live
where
house
with
wild,
to
down
sheep.
of
close
a
unoccupied
A few
well-cared
junction
Saltmills,
a small
sceachs.
in
Abbey,
reaching
some gone
fields,
whitethorn
others,
Tintern
country
stood
sea-shore,
midst
bushes
of
stretch
sloping
kearns
from
distance
had
for
selected
this
some time
now,
cases
on the
and
Hook
old
for
storing
lighthouse
house,
making
all
kinds
and
-2-
from
supplies
other
explosives.
were
kept
in
dumps
near
the
They
from
night
hidden
The
manufactured
the
unoccupied
brought
places
bombs were
in
farms.
close
ground
to
despatch
each
brought
neighbouring
burled
before
house,
and
boxes,
of
quantities
large
their
to
various
destinations.
There
to
them.
assist
such
work,
ways
with
of
but
the
addition
in
for
attack
on Foulksmills
busy
on the
present
On the
the
1920
at
or
two
explosion,
on the
three
night
night
following
of
of
to
requests
were
they
R.I.C.
The
and,
urgent
same men were
previous
men were
the
the
there
Roche
James
Gleeson
explosion
members
of
the
Robert
Walsh
James
Byrne
Saltmills.
St.
Kearns.
do.
Bridgetown.
Michael
Fitzgerald
St.
Patrick
Kelly
Ballycullane.
Thomas
Gleeson
John
Timmons
Thomas
Michael
Kinsella
Conway
St.
in
many
Dublin
and
from
those
preparing
not
Cork,
kept
for
them
present
to
the
who were
not
disaster.
work:
Martin
of
Consignments
which
barracks
night
company
improvised
disposal.
boxes
supplies,
night.
night,
their
butter
the
further
every
every
in
to
places
at
local
knowledge
and
themselves
material
the
no previous
had
adapted
sent
outside
anyone
They
bombs were
and,
never
was
Leonards.
Kearns.
Tintern
Kinnagh.
Curraghmore.
12th
company
October,
were
busy
an
-3-
Stephen
Barron
St.
Kearns.
Patrick
Reville
St.
Kearns.
Patrick
Grady
Tintern.
Edward
of
Buckets
and
sacks
were
them
gave
the
material,
explosive
boxes,
cart-lamps
against
Saitmills.
Kelly
all
and
light,
so as
windows,
to
room.
the
over
was
the
and
Candles
sacking
placed
no light
have
of
out
emptied
visible
from
outside.
Tom Gleeson
detonator
wires.
Tom Gleeson
using,
The
Lord
those
old
that
it
were
Conway
was
Conway
a pliers.
using
with
detonator
cutting
a penknife
he was
a spark.
or
a second
and
have
Edward
mercy
to
house
had
blown
Three
men
flame
a blue
two,
filled
and,
as
short,
loud
explosion
The
pieces.
the
roof
to
far
room.
lads!
run,
finished
they
blown
had
was
explosion
the
tie
"Run,
shouted,
Kelly
on us!",
a quick,
words,
the
the
struck
Timmons
Michael
Michael
causing
In
John
and
end
so powerful
of
a four-acre
field.
Michael
Fitzgerald
Gleeson
lived
in
Kelly's,
around
Robert
killed
instantly.
the
The
and
and
following
shortly
and
bleeding,
others
suffering
Michael
Conway
recalls
spark,
a blue
glow
and
James
James
died
Byrne
Of
the
afterwards,
stunned,
from
shock.
a moment
the
to
trying
were
that,
filled
Walsh
morning.
found
naked
ground.
Roche,
an hour,
half
some were
injured,
the
saw the
about
men,
greviously
aimlessly
were
Saltmills,
remaining
along
Martin
house
creep
going
after
with
he
a
-4-
choking
him
left
outside,
bereft
of
numbed
from
Michael
with
of
Thomas
and
John
ten
to
work
He was
test
one
same
time,
over
the
of
the
filled
again
of
him,
foreboding
the
Kelly,
dazed,
fell
towards
Kelly
the
others
must
the
sea-birds,
moments
As silence
in
the
about
leave
the
with
streaming
standing,
at
the
as
him,
to
going
re-echoing
tragedy.
house.
Whelan
all
in
over
found
the
a terrible
with
came
in
to
on his
Kelly
helping
a stone
he
gave
Edward
thought
Bridge,
creeping,
him,
clamour,
some
but,
of
explosion.
were
bang
house,
blood
by a fence.
and
him,
be all
As he
shouted
to
and
killed
them.
scattered
and
calling
the
they
sea-shore,
Wild
the
been
As he was
naked,
After
Gleeson
had
old
almost
the
he heard
unusual
the
to
way
the
and
go to
about
he hastened
he met
to
at
that,
countryside,
road,
he
The
the
the
that
of
the
wild
of
him
of
that
night
on the
noise
direction
approached
covered
Gleeson's
there
as
previous
bombs
a chill
passed,
and
a brother
on his
when
alarmed,
and
in
Grady,
Gleeson
recalls
he was
bomb-making,
the
bay
to
Patrick
naked
quite
Kinnagh
night,
the
out
crying
of
unduly
conversation
and
Bridge).
the
not
himself
bleeding.
Timmons
them
had
explosion
found
he
by Michael
he guided
that
at
and
John
found
Whelan
o'clock
till
memory
shock
the
moment,
exhausted,
(Saltmills
Bridge
any
other,
were
blood,
another
Conway,
each
holding
in
and,
gas,
the
of
aid
the
other.
Jimmy
his
a piece
Gleeson
of
Some short
who was
of
Gleeson's
the
He found
condition
the
of
rubble
field.
to
way
house
Thomas
clothes
stick
in
in
distance
badly
rags
one hand
from
injured,
-5-
a dying
in
was
not
could
condition.
to
able
tile
the
way with
Mrs.
house
the
ground.
they
shirt
way,
in
Contrition
was
kept
to
ruined
into
his
towards
at
in
an Act
of
which
some
He died
ear.
on
first,
a candle
and,
track
made
Jimmy,
him
had
while
Moran
up
son,
recognise
a cart
on
house.
ran
her
They
came
They
daughter,
alight
breathed
he
he
way
Stephen
Quay.
the
sleeves.
it
with
found
way,
lighting,
mysterious
in
a
minutes.
John
Thomas
Whelan
Gleeson.
Michael
a wall
of
were
house,
him
was
still
on top
to
came with
other
dead
found,
Martin
Roche,
and
alive,
of
Contrition
home.
and
house,
of
James,
was
Fitzgerald
Bob Walsh
the
brother,
carried
the
an Act
whispered
His
and
neighbours,
of
her
She was unable
placed,
few
to
lamp
on. their
and,
went
Kearns
with
Gleeson,
only
around
neighbours
St.
a storm
by his
except
the
at
the
as
but
creep,
shoulder.
Reville
a shop
in
to
trying
progress
his
Patrick
who lived
the
any
meantime,
scene.
their
make
was with
manage
In
He was
him,
but
of
clothes
on the
remains
dead,
beside
blown
stones,
died
he
in
from
a few
minutes.
Tom Kinsella,
boots,
was
Martin
Walsh
and
After
Stephen
his
clothes
burns
to
found
naked
the
and
were
outside
Mick
in
shock,
he
of
the
scene
the
except
and
brought
brought
home,
ruins
for
his
home by
Kennedy.
Barren
rags
put
was
and
he was
on fresh
explosion
to
suffering
clothes
help
though
from
and went
his
comrades.
him.
back
-6-
Whelan
found
close
beside
both
bleeding,
him,
Jimmy
O'Grady,
ditch,
was
found
John
Timmons,
each
were
met
by Michael
Whelan
for
and
Saltmills
the
went
Dr.
had
neighbours
brought
the
Fr.
O'Rourke,
Fr.
for
on
holding
at
the
O'Grady,
to
Tintern
the
Some
away.
and
Poulfur,
C.C.,
St.
Scallan,
in
increased
and wounded
dead
John
Others
Leonards.
Fethard-on-Sea,
Walton,
and
bridge.
time,
Rev.
by a
blood,
Pat
pain.
Conway
Gleeson
with
guided,
great
standing
with
covered
and,
ground,
Michael
Whelan.
by John
They
for
went
dazed,
John
house,
on the
suffering
and
By this
numbers.
and
naked
gate,
by the
house
and
the
position
lying
Byrne,
naked
other,
churchyard
a kneeling
burned
badly
Pat
to
in
Kelly
Paddy
from
some distance
moans
Hearing
and
Dr.
Anglin
of
the
last
rites
of
went
Taghmon.
The
Church
to
to
ruins,
the
and
gave
the
dead
Martin
At
remove
The
New Ross
sent
Arthurstown.
next
from
then
Scallan
be
might
other
went
victims
there,
left
Saltmills,
early
of
Gleeson,
Bob Walsh
which
of
the
morning.
the
post
The
military
Jimmy
to
Whelan
there,
piping
Kelly's,
brought
John
Information
were
bodies
daybreak,
and
in
were
Roche
detonators
at
there
died
Byrne
anything
Fr.
wounded.
the
absolution.
general
morning.
and
and
fearing
Jimmy
next
administered
priests
and
he
went
he
took
explosion
It
offices
own homes.
their
is
at
arrived
to
the
found
ruins,
to
some
away.
reached
believed
Saltmills
about
the
that
military
messages
and
9 a.m.
and,
-7-
assisted
by the
and wounded
to
the
all
had
as word
attend.
Throughout
over
the
on the
Irish
Government
to
Walsh
to
the
the
J.
men if
the
RI.C.
get
to
anyone
later
Wexford,
County
did
military
to
called
solicitor,
for
Solicitor
not
people
to
Kelly,
a
proved
the
day,
by the
made
attempts
and were unable
Gleeson
and
Michael
Martin
The
military
and
followed the
were
succeed
in
remains
weather
was
covered
with
in
after
and
dust,
on the
fingers,
of
to
Ballycullane,
A party
lorries
had
the
of
The
procession.
soldiers
sides
Rathangan,
churchyard.
the
remember
the
in
tenders.
funeral
in
together
funeral
Crossley
the
I
and
fine,
buried
Tintern
the
at
Bob
Poulfur.
buried
in
buried
present
marched
was
Byrne
was
in
were
Fitzgerald
Roche
also
their
was buried
James
and
were
with
printed,
"Who killed
lorries,
Robin!".
All
until
work
the
day
honour
of
suffering
and went
on the
in
the
after
victims
beside
farewell
the
graveyard.
Pat
Revile,
Pat
burns
and
on the
run
before
of
the
shock,
the
explosion.
and
to
fired
Pat
were
a standstill
A guard
buried.
the
hearses,
Grady
from
morning
were
were
voileys
the
came
countryside
tile
marched
and
sounded
end
of
State
Ballycullane.
of
most
Thomas
the
Jimmy
Cock
dead
an inquest.
holding
them
passed
jury.
assist
were
These
been
townland,
serve
came
the
where
houses
attempts
morning,
an inquest.
hold
failure,
the
lay.
During
R.I.C.
raided
R.I.C.,
at
Last
Post
the
other
all
Kelly,
able
military
They
was
to
came
were
be moved,
from
Roes
a long
-8-
from
time
recovering
were
continually
often
evaded
occasions
of
the
as
to
were
Jim
Michael
the
to
During
the
the
attending
to
injuries,
there
were
up
this
anything
Edward
Kelly
After
military
Garrett
gave
hospital,
strong
fairly
the
hospital
Army doctors
visited
each
would
in
occasion,
not
the
wished
consent
to
to
their
couldnbe
to
take
infirmary
in
the
injured
was
and
remove
removal,
brought
in
over
to
Ross
A
the
entrance
day,
every
them,
food.
and
attention.
the
patients
any
an ambulance.
placed
at
bear
New Ross.
were
a doctor
special
guard
ward
Gleeson,
the
who was
other
Thomas
to
in
to
been
which
Barron
prisoners
military
he
unable
Waterford,
had
bodies
Stephen
Hickey,
the
he was
all
weeks,
as
condition
addition
their
them
removed
doctors
wool.
bed,
ambulances,
Gleeson,
brought
hospital,
Dr.
both
Thomas
three
in
and
him,
over
cotton
naked
lay
were
about
in
In
Wexford.
a fit
local
time.
all
and
in
not
The
burns
home in
homes,
Timmons
injured
came with
were
this
wrapped
covering
Kinsella,
the
were
time,
Thomas
to
up
John
so badly
nursing
beds.
men were
brought
quite
their
they
six
night
run.
military
men in
their
them
completely
to
the
week,
injured
from
not
Furlong's
although
taken
be
Dr.
bombs on the
Torn O'Hanlon
who were
Conway,
arrested.
never
killed,
on the
went
and
Ryan
on stretchers,
to
three
others,
arrested
men making
men were
very
on several
were
they
military
Having
were
but
fourteen
Five
and
them.
they
capture,
explosion.
Dr.
for
hunt
the
and
injuries,
round-ups,
close
imprisoned,
and
on the
the
There
their
but
as
he
patients,
gate.
and,
Dr.
said
on
Hickey
-9-
were
they
not
in
well
an
before
but,
properly
planned,.
them
brought
to
attempt
custody,
Barron
Dunmore
Quay
d mine-sweeper
armed
the
on which
there
already
the
in
in
Cork
of
number
their
longest
their
journeys,
meeting
prisoners
the
to
escort
and
on board
put
large
Cork
and
Kelly
of
party
next
and
day,
barracks
military
Army
Republican
areas
they
were
any
of
Cork
was
to
Black
and
and
Tans
One
Carrick-on-Suir.
his
were
they
they
Tipperary.
before
charge,
hostility,
barracks,
military
the
warned
always
December,
were
taken
Fethard
The
Thomas
in
officer
Gleeson,
Waterford
military
Waterford
prison
the
1920,
and
The
on
proceeding
party
that,
in
to
shoot
the
Cork,
detained
to
to
Fermoy
for
four
Waterford
(Co.
prison,
Tipperary),
other
three
and
Thomas
at
this
were
case
John
time.
and
the
there,
Carrick-on-Suir.
Timmons,
who had
also
from
via
travelling
Clonmel
Kelly,
barracks
From
days.
Kinsella,
were
brought
military
prisoners,
hospital,
Edward
prisoners,
Barron,
Stephen
barracks,
Clogheen,
when
journeys
Conway
military
where
Tan
Cork
immediately.
In
Michael
in
period
wide
over
and
they
an unusually
as hostages
brought
Black
of
Edward
was
jive
approval.
military
arrived
and
away
Hickey's
handcuffed
be
could
imprisoned.
travelled
of
rescue
them
co-operate
from
prisoners
were
imprisoned
to
anxious
Conway,
under
boat
a big
was
During
were
The
were
prisoners
where
Michael
they
men.
navy
took
out
Dr.
with
brought
where
at
attempt
Waterford,
were
the
military
From Waterford,
Stephen
rescue
any
the
to
He was
enough.
brought
been
to
in
-10-
that
During
Waterford
Dr.
brought
to
court
the
martial,
various
were
charges.
he refused
that
The
prisoners
his
to
efforts
evidence,
to
prisoners
the
waging
told
them
be lighter
a war
that,
if
and,
after
each
the
court.
recognise
R.I.C.,
The
court
escort,
of
making
one,
to
Mountjoy
prison,
from
prisoners
and
were
in
was
of
the
the
urged
for
bombs
He
forces.
about
might
three
remained
years'
dumb but,
said
he
did
of
the
not
Linden,
Sergeant
the
against
three
then
such
years'
prisoners.
imprisonment.
under
brought,
Dublin,
which
over
Ireland,
was
military
full
already
who had
been
sentenced.
March,
brought
checked,
and
all
of
Alexander
evidence
were
were
still
effect
sentences
to
the
Hickey,
of
individually,
prisoners
prisoners
their
prisoners
The
martialled
so,
reduced
sentence
One night
names
the
gave
martial
I.R.A.
court
to
did
the
most
officers
New Ross,
Duncannon,
to
consequences
Majesty's
of
their
Dr.
His
the
The
of
view,
the
prisoners
speak.
nature
his
to
defence
was
Lieutenant
barracks,
military
in
the
they
a pause,
the
One of
against
The
them,
the
Fr.
When
explosion.
in
possibly,
imprisonment.
to
guilty
of
to
the
that,
plead
attend.
evidence
burns.
were
injuries
as
minimise
suggested
to
to
were
summoned
also
refused
Dr.
evidence.
give
say
by an
caused
Hickey
to
anything
Furlong's
were
and
was
out
questioned
Dr.
they
read
they
ihjuries.
in
but
were
officers.
Dr.
in
martialled
court
British
to
Leonards,
had
were
doctors
Wexford
St.
charges
asked
of
martial
court
C.C.,
Scallan,
of
Furlong
were
they
by a party
prison
Walton,
week,
for
out
1921,
to
the
deportation
about
three
hundred
jail
yard.
Their
to
Portland
prison,
-11-
this
England.
During
prisoners,
a party
their
the
in
were
They
a drunken
and
rowdy
demanded
the
later
was
Black
and
to
powerless
Black
and
in
thinking
they
had
Murphy,
put
him
they
drew
their
that
they
had
to
convince
and
death,
the
yard,
guard
of
Tans
were
get
and
that
he
a miracle.
and,
early
next
again
there,
who was
Kelly
his
cap
The
from
adjoining
the
around
them.
mad with
drink
As
shouted
intervened
all
and
out
night
was
The
and
for
list
milttary
and
escort
lorries
the
North
England.
As there
had
was
again
called
to
to
arrived,
when
Wall,
tote
and
determined
to
the
the
board
a final
prisoners
in
a stronger
Black
take
to
him
between
nothing
there
morning,
wall.
man
wrong
were
the
a Wexford
was
guard
was
Tans,
amongst
Timmons
him,
he
somewhat
for
them.
Kelly
They
formed
military
description.
military
there
their
Murphy's
that
felt
he was
but
of
shoot
had
The
sight.
realising
confuse
they
life.
Murphy.
prisoners
the
governor
that
but
The
boat
man,
them
recalls
Kelly
wrong
The
name.
the
to
the
Murphy's
idea
against
of
Joe
seized
revolvers
The
prisoner.
out
to
at
removethem,
However,
an effort
the
for
He exchanged
build.
hat,
and
imprisonment
Edward
alongside
in
death.
him
prisoners.
one
to
shoot
to
call
Murphy's
prisoners
to
around
the
Murphy,
sentenced
to
had some
Tans
standing
Murphy
not
Joe
scene.
swinging
of
them.
he did
intentions,
He was
control
condition,
of
the
on the
charge
endeavoured
governor
prison
came
was in
been
wanted
Tans
of
pushing
commuted
Tans
checking
and
whereabouts
had
and
cursing
which
Murphy
sentence
like
and
escort,
prisoners.
The
Black
shouting,
military
The
of
revolvers,
They
counting
the
check,
were
in
-12-
the
The
lorries.
hostile
towards
the
Black
stated
that
they
soldiers
when
Tans,
Murphy,
they
except
shot
The
military
The
Tans,
in
prison
pointed
them
rifles
the
and,
at
as
and,
of
butts
knocking
them,
some of
that
on the
down
their
shoot
some Tans.
they
called.
at
the
exit
revolvers
at
the
cock,
the
the
as well
own lives
if
on a wall
was
took
of
the
swung
Tans,
and
the
it
up their
they
wall,
as
as
in,
wall,
heads
off
senseless,
Dublin
that,
soldiers
at
The
in
name was
Murphy
of
was
lorry
them
up
their
lorry.
it
when
A couple
the
would
got
putting
the
ambushed
and
very
get
time.
this
never
them,
Murphy
frustration,
at
Tans
were
to
beginning
soldiers)
(the
them.
approached
and
accompanied
shielded
the
of
were
military
thus
lives
saving
of
their
prisoners.
The
on arrival
to
at
English
the
were
prisoners
for
held
voyage
taken
and
in
the
exercise
another
this
in
in
not
the
Portland
three
boat,
and,
hundred
where
prison
the
circle.
prison
the
were
prisons
Ireland
but
permitted,
by acquiring
were
they
habit
of
usual
to
one
overcame
usually
in
speaking
fare
prison
Speaking
they
to
similar
an almost
voice.
In
removed
their
the
port,
Portland
prisons
in
was
silent
a cargo
some months.
Conditions
those
to
in
was
England
July,
to
cells
from
his
wing
of
had
more
Dartmoor
in
prison
rigorous
the
Irish
Edward
being
Kelly
comrades
and was
with
some Munster
conditions,
and
were
prisoners
When
prison.
Dartmoor,
Wexford
the
all
1921,
put
the
placed
in
was
separated
into
another
men.
warders
Dartmoor
were
very
-13-
which
hostile,
the
Irish
political
in
In
treatment.
This
it::
"It
to
tear
was
the
eventually
overpower
with
behind
hands
of
using
all
kinds
"Kick
the
swine!"
cells
and
put
bread
and water.
four
and
up again
to
refused
do the
in
the
Again
the
on bread
open
rebellion
were
taken
The
handcuffed,
the
in
all
This
the
prison
of
of
three
were
brought
of
routine
took
beating,
place
were
given
fatigue
(Kelly
was
brought
cases,
they
refused
kicked
and
beaten,
the
prison
was
the
prisoners
them
wing
time
a diet
prisoners
and water
bakehouse
In
all
to
or
injuries
Truce,
and
underground
they
same
bread
cells,
a period
The
the
them,
shouting,
with
cells,
some of
water.
in
would
the
kicked
and
in
make.
and
and
that,
were
to
cells
underground
placed
putting
work,
kitchen
and
were
the
handcuff
confinement,
bags
bakehouse).
they
the
punishment
given
After
again.
to
the
their
and
language,
solitary
confinement
solitary
duty
abusive
After
in
days
wreck
They
to
Kelly
The warders
backs.
They
in
to
fittings.
stairway
when
of
except
hospital,
when
suffering
to
work.
and
put
in
from
ill-health.
prisoners
were
and were
not
released
And,
the
quiet
still
in
until
Dartmoor
the
3rd
after
the
February,
1922.
the
waters
so,
of
men
given".
prisoners
their
down the
prisoners
or
the
the
As Edward
were
and
walls
and
granted,
a telegram
proceeded
demanded
they
action.
proceedings
amongst'
spirit
time,
not
was
getting
prisoners
out
a short
drastic
like
begin
The
and
took
wing
signals
a non-co-operative
prisoners.
Kelly's
puts
created
Bannow
countryside
Bay, had
added
which
another
enclosed
page
to
-14-
its
fabulous
and
of
scene
lonely
of
it
Bannow
church
where
of
of
scene
harmony.
To
the
and
the
wild
surge,
of
the
Almighty
and
of
sea.
moving
in
to
Conductor,
is
in
the
And,
again,
in
of
philibín,
mingled
are
sound,
no
of
nature's
the
trembling
rhythmic
beat
coursing
around
of
of
the
cloth
wild
baton
the
blue
sky
low
duck and
of
voices
joyous
shore,
waves
of
of
of
of
cries
the
unseen
concerto
the
the
the
skimming
an. interlude
the
with
In
is
urge
the
together
there
background
the
are
Bay
dead.
of
opens
solo
undertone
the
time
Irish
redshanks,
answer
the
and
that
say
symphony
the
remote
the
gathered
peace,
gravel,
of
could
roll
Bannow,
cries
piccolo
whose
of
one
and
the
disturb
over
are
percussion
Bay
in
lark
to
the
wash
riddling
and
out
Across
by.
Norman
tranquilty
sound
at
and
Dane
discordant
waves
and water,
passed
generations
the
land
had
history
ruins
Looking
history.
children,
playing.
Bannow
Nevertheless,
In
history.
mighty
times
of
city
Bannow
been
swept
away
quays
and
jetties,
are
and
lost,
portion
of
channels
recorded
recall,
it
for
which,
and
remained
storm
street.
contained
the
up
to
sand
its
buildings
a
but
recently
tides,
banks
of
trace
of
has
past,
public
Rushing
raised
pages
Every
warehouses
nothing
many
centuries
erosion.
sea
by
a paved
and
beyond
has
changing
now mark
its
site.
St.
Brendan4
voyages,
sailed
travels,
and,
"Brendaun".
into
to
this
the
in
navigator,
Bannow
day,
Bay
in
a stretch
his
the
of
many
sea
course
of
his
coast
is
called
-15-
and
Strongbow
and
Bannow,
the
names
Earl
a votive
treacherous
for
came
THE
put Colclough's
Tintern
and
in
with
in
the
but
In
where:
the
their
their
with
for
battles
in
and
amongst
them,
their
of
of
and
prayer,
and
still
to
Irish
English.
of
Land
and
the
Ross
League
from
those
and
had
have
their
families
Grantstown.
of
Dane,
and worked,
the
to
service
until
their
in
Banndow side,
spot
to
clung
cultivating
and
the
and
intermarried,
in
Geneva.
Jesuits
study
to
recalled
called
mark
Augustinians
the
moved
is
coast,
castles
them
their
they
visit
and
the
the
of
build
and
brief
lived
battles
Fenians
was
of
beheaded.
to
Bannow
sturdy
services
the
and
the
loyalty
against
to
years,
one
'98,
years,
skill,
their
in
and,
captured
houses
at
down the
for,
intermission,
Irish
their
gave
in
Franciscans,
monastery
and
a hand
seven
The
without
supreme
noted
'98
the
their
Down the
Norman
took
stretch
Dominicans,
and
church
Time
memory
suppression.
territory
and
stay
another
had
monks,
was
Clonmines,
Augustinians
the
came
The
of
name
who despised
bay.
ways
Irish,
East.
Passage
the
Colclough's,
Huguenots
new Geneva,
from
the
the
The
ship-wreck
Tintern
built
from
possession.
Irish
churchyard.
as
in
the
adopted
are
warriors
Abbey
the
Cromwell
his
Bannow
safety
outside
sea
Then
fought
in
came and
Marshall
offering
some of
of
in
landed
marauders
invading
on tombstones
inscribed
they
his
and
land,
Ireland.
in
armies
became
They
many
Detachments
fought
in
Horetown.
Later,
the
active
forbears
fighters
descended
from
the
-16-
of
spirit
for
of
the
the
descendants
Irish
services
involved.
to
the
and
without
against
their
allotted
They
freely,
and
it
was
they
which
and
they
of
their
the
the
danger
in
necessity
responded
in
war,
soldiers
accepted
a vital
ended
Tan
the
offered
question
and
tasks,
Black
were
Army.
that
England,
the
families
any
knew
They
of
years
these
Republican
tasks
war
the
of
generously
important
the
in
freedom
the
cheerfully
disaster
explosion.
A monument
in
churchyard,,
memory
of those
pedestal
is
has
the
been
form
who died
of
Ballycullane
a limestone
from
the
Cross,
explosion.
2 BATTALION,
IN
the
On the
BY
SOUTH WEXPORD BRIGADE,
COMMEMORATION
OF THEIR
COMMANDER MARTIN
SECTION
COMMANDER MICHAEL
VOLUNTEER
JAMES GLEESON,
VOLUNTEER
JAMES BYRNE,
VOLUNTEER
ROBERT WALSH,
IN
ON THE NIGHT
R.
ROCHE,
THE EXPLOSION
OF OCTOBER 12th,
I.
FITZGERALD,
AT ST.
1920.
P.
SIGNED:
DATE:
Seán
Joseph
10-
Brennan
McCarthy
1056
Lieut
I.R.A.,
COMRADES,
SECTION
WBO WERE KILLED
WITNESS
to
written
ERECTED
NO.
in
erected
Col.
KEARNS
of