FATHER JOHN MURPHY
(a Doctor of Divinity of Seville), who had hitherto preached peace and ordered them to give up such rude weapons «is tht-y had had, under promise of protection ; how that promise had been basely violated and led only to worse treatment ; and how Father Murphy saw nothing for them to do than to sell their lives upon the field of battle rather than be butchered like dogs in the ditches. The people had practically no weapons but pitchforks, scythes, etc. The speaker then described the battle of the Harrow, where the first blow of the Wexford insurrection was struck, and the first victory won over the yeomanry who were returning from the work of burning and torture.
News of the victory was carried all around by Jeremiah Donovan, and Oulart Hill was named as the place of meeting. The speaker then gave a graphic and telling desaription of the battle of Oulart Hill, where Father Murphy and his men, by a clever piece of strategy, cut to pieces a detachment of the North Cork militJKand put the yeomanry to disgraceful flight. The insurgents lbjßpnly one man — Jeremiah Donovan (applause). Only three of the North Corks escaped. The flying yeomen slew old men, women, and children along their line of retreat. The insurgents then marched on
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 24, 20 October 1898, Page 3
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218FATHER JOHN MURPHY New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 24, 20 October 1898, Page 3
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