JOURNAL OF THE COU>ITY DONl!IGAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY. 13 lies the townland of LUTgacloghan. There, accordlng to a persisten!t tradHion, was born 1the Miss Patterson who became the wife of Jerome· Bona•p•arte in Ameri:ca. Opposite this ~:tace, on the other side of the waiter, tow1ard.s the south, lies the .towrrland of Moross, where Still stands the remains of one of the Mac Suibhne residences on carraig iFeile. ln a house in Moross, on the night of the lst April, 1878, a cmwd of men came together to decide UJPOn putting an end to the Earl of Leitrim·, whose tyranny was bec.oming daily more unbeara!ble. Three men crnssed the bay to Oratloe and waited for LQrd Leitrim to pass .that way in the morning1 of •the 2nd of April. Only two men lay in aimlbush; the .third man ~as a:wra.y on the hillside aJCting as sc1out. Lord Leitrim came along with his clerk and driver. A car bearing the Ea:rl's lugigage was a consideralble distanice behind, as the horse that drew tha.t car was conveniently lame. The men who ·a;waited the landlord had no practice in the use of arms, and thek gun was only an old mended pistol. They opened fire. One of Lord Leitrim's attendants was shot, the other died. of heart failure, but the object of atta:ck was untouched. The frighten.~d horses gafiloved off t-0 Milford, and LJrd Leitrim fa•ced his assailants. H: w:ts armed, and .the issue of 1 he atta-::k remained for a moment uncertain. One of the men, who was a giant in strength, broke the Earl's show1der with. the butt of his pistol as he was on the point of firing. A few blows broike his Skulil, and Lord Leitrim fell to rise no more. The two men took to the boat and came a1cross to the Hawk's Nest, on Ranny Hill. One came home by road; the other took to the hills, crossed Knockalla, and reached home before the day was far advanced. Neither was awirehended. The scouit was arreSlted, and died in Lifford Jail. The gial)it· d·ied of fever a giood many years .rugo; the other lived until he had passed well over his 80th year, and only died a short time ago. iMany s.ongs were composed to keep this event in mind. One of those songs would ma1ke it appear t.hat the men who killed Lord Leitrim met him by acddent, and made their decision ori the spot. They ramlbled over moor and mead, their hearts from care being free, Until they came to a wooded shade convenieIJ!t to the sea. And there awhi1le at rest they Jay, for they h!ad ·come afar, when scarcely haU-a-mile away they did observe a car. With steady pace i't onward came, and .as it near them drew, The hated form of Leitrim ap,peared to them in view. Says one: "It is the landlord,·for him rig,ht well I know, Thts d:ay I am determined to p'rove his overthrow." . . The other being quite satis:tf~d with what his friend did state, . ·· Slays: "We'll hold the ground whereon we stand and for the .landlord wai!t: · · · For he h1as cau.sed full many a tear tihese thirty years and more: We'll put an end to his career this day on C'ratloe Shore." An effort of resistance he instantly did m-a:ke, · But in firi.ng off his ·pi·S\tol he made ·a great mista1ke· ·· His enemies escaped him, as you may understand, And ,his driver fell a victLm to his cruel, tyrannous na:nd. In Oarrt.gart we< finthr:a' tombstone which recor.ds that the -~. Domiliiok O'Donnell departed this Ute· in 179a_. .He had been· a; priest; fots.6~ ::the FaJ.th, married the ·rector's ·d1aUighter; and·l'ater was, himseltf, appointed rector. He had a brother who wa.;; a priest. To· this brother is attributed the son:g, which represents the mother 1amelll~ing her son's defection. C!ld'O ore, -0. '001mn1c t1i 'Oomn-0.1lt, nc.c m-0.1115 -0.111-0.m -0. conn-0.1c tu; · l'.H CU '00 f.d.:SC.tt·C '01-0. '001im-0.1s, .0.111 m-0.mm btc. lu-0.m uo 1i11nirc1r. P1t.L, p1u, -0. rum 6, :P1t.L, -0. r·utn 6, -0.sur n.J. h-1mt15 uc.it'h f.lllt ore, -0. cum -0.n cr-0.0E;-0.1L 1i16111, 1r ecipu ei1 'n SL61r· m.J. p1LLe<.\nn eti. 'O.J. ore1C1te.J. uo ue<\ttt"'r c.r -0.11 "'tco1r '01-0. 'Obtim<.\15 .o.:s letE;e-0.m ue le<.\0-0.r .(\. povc:-0.nnc.1r, -°' oior -0.r -0. Le1cmn :so btt6n-0.c, 1r e :suL r:&n er'-'5"'11e 65 'n"' ti1m1rc1r. A s!m.ilar story comes to us from Inishowen. In the be1ginnilll~ of the 17th century, a man named Ma:cLaughHn 11ved \11 Claar, below MovHle. He had two s0ns, Domhnall and Peter, who were to study for the priesthood. It was necessary.for them to go aibroad for their education. on tiieir voyage to 'the Continent th.~y were shi~wre.cked and CJast on the shore of England. A gentleman took them" to his house and offered to educate them if they conformed to the Protes•tant'·religion. Domhnall accepted 'the offer, but Peter refused. p,eter went to the Continent aTld became a priest, while his brother remained in England,
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