James Connors (Kiltullagh)
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James Connors, Irish tenant, murdered May 1881.
Connors was a tenant at Forgehill, Toolooban, on the estate of Denis St George Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1810–1893). The farm consisted of fourteen acres.
Some months earlier, Lord Dunsandle dismissed a bailiff
named Keogh from the farm, and appointed Connors in his place. This led to his death by militant members of the local Land League.
The shooting of Connors was witnessed by his wife, who gave contradictory evidence that led to the three men accused being acquitted. Connors was attended as he died by Father J.A. Pelly, C.C., Kiltullagh, later Parish Priest of Ballymacward
. Not more than 25 attended the funeral, the rest staying away out of fear of reprisal. His death was one of many in the Athenry
-Loughrea
-Gort
area during the Land League 'war'.
Connors was a tenant at Forgehill, Toolooban, on the estate of Denis St George Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1810–1893). The farm consisted of fourteen acres.
Some months earlier, Lord Dunsandle dismissed a bailiff
Bailiff
A bailiff is a governor or custodian ; a legal officer to whom some degree of authority, care or jurisdiction is committed...
named Keogh from the farm, and appointed Connors in his place. This led to his death by militant members of the local Land League.
The shooting of Connors was witnessed by his wife, who gave contradictory evidence that led to the three men accused being acquitted. Connors was attended as he died by Father J.A. Pelly, C.C., Kiltullagh, later Parish Priest of Ballymacward
Ballymacward
Ballymacward is a village in County Galway, Ireland, on the R359 regional road between the main road and rail networks which traverse east-west, 10 miles from Ballinasloe and approximately 30 miles from Galway City...
. Not more than 25 attended the funeral, the rest staying away out of fear of reprisal. His death was one of many in the Athenry
Athenry
Athenry is a town in County Galway, Ireland. It lies east of Galway city, and one of the attractions of the town is its medieval castle. The town is also well-known by virtue of the song "The Fields of Athenry".-History:...
-Loughrea
Loughrea
Loughrea is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains.The town expanded in recent years as it increasingly becomes a commuter town for the city of Galway.- Name :...
-Gort
Gort
Gort is a town in south County Galway in the west of Ireland. An Gort is the official Irish name for the town, as defined by the Placenames Commission. In spoken Irish, however, the town is known by its traditional name Gort Inse Guaire. It lies just north of the border with County Clare on the...
area during the Land League 'war'.
See also
- Martin O'HalloranMartin O'Halloran-Biography:Secretary of the Kiltullagh Branch of the Irish Land League. Bound over to keep the peace for having made a seditious speech at Craughwell in the course of which he threatened to disarm the police, called upon herds to leave their employment and claimed that that landlords were “were...
- Peter Dempsey (Kiltullagh)Peter Dempsey (Kiltullagh)Peter Dempsey was a tenant farmer who was murdered during the Irish Land War in 28 May, 1881. He was shot to death while walking to Mass with his two daughters across a field mass path....
- John Henry BlakeJohn Henry BlakeJohn Henry Blake , was an Irish land agent, who was murdered on 29 June 1882.-Biography:He was the third and youngest son of Lieutenant-Colonel John Blake of Furbo, County Galway, and Maria Galway of Cork. He was a member of one of The Tribes of Galway...
- Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)
- Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of ClanricardeHubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of ClanricardeHubert George de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde , was an Anglo-Irish ascendancy nobleman and politician....