Lanterna Rally

Author: Jonah Barrington

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-05

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 9781330745618

Excerpt from Personal Sketches of His Own Times, Vol. 2 of 2 Proposal made to the Author - He accedes to it - Hospitality at an Irish Inn - Practical joking - The Author's success in enlisting George Robert's outlaws - Sergeant Hearn and Corporal O'Mealy - The utility of hanks of yarn - Renunciation by the Author of the honours of a military life; A Night Joueney; Mr. Fitzgerald's agent and attorney - Capriciousness of courage - New lights - Sailors and saints - Description of Mr. T - Regularly retained by Fitzgerald - Starts with him on a journey to Turlow - Travelling companions - Double escape of the solicitor - His return to Dublin - Mr. Brecknock, his successor - Fate of that individual - The "murderer murdered"; Martial Law; Law in Ireland half-a-century ago - Its delay remedied, but not its uncertainty - Principal and interest - Eustace Stowell and Richard Martin - Valuable precedents - A bloodless duel - High Sheriffs and their Subs - Irish method of serving a writ - Cases of warranty - Messrs. Reddy Long and Charley White - Zeal of a second - Mr. Reddy Long's valuable legacy to Sir Jonah Barrington; Bulletin Extraordinary; The Author and Counsellor Moore laid by the heels at Rock House - Dismal apprehensions - A recipe and recovery - The races of Castlebar - The Author forms a party to visit the spot - Members of the party described - Sergeant Butler and the Doctor - Differences of opinion - The Sergeant's bulletin of the famous battle of Castlebar; Breakfasts At Ballinrobe; Election for County Mayo - Author and Counsellor Moore at Ballinrobe - Mr. Dan Martin's "little paved parlour" About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.