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THE TIPPERARY CONSTITUTION 1838, COUNTY TIPPERARY, IRELAND

April 25, 1838
On Wed. morning an armed party attacked the house of a
farmer of the name of Richard Peters, residing on the lands
of Kilmoyer, near Caher, the property of the late Captain
Maguire. After firing the shots, and making every effort to
break open the door, which they were not able to affect,
they called out to Peters, that if he did not immediately,
give up the land, lately set to him by Mr. Barry, the agent
of the estate, that he would meet the fate of his late
master, Captain Maguire. This land was formerly in the
possession of a man named Ryan, who was evicted in
consequence of owing upwards of 200/. rent and arrears, and
was afterwards set to a man named Burke, who was obliged to
give up the lands since that time from the repeated attacks
made upon him by those midnight legislators.

On tuesday evening last, as a man named Thomas Saunders was
returning home from the fair of Cashel , he was attacked by
two ruffians who beat him unmercifully, and robbed him of
the sum of 5/.

On the night of tuesday, the 10th, inst, an armed party,
consisting of at least 8 men attacked a dwelling house on
the lands of Taverston, within a few miles of Nenagh, the
property of Caleb Going, Esq. but tenanted by persons of
the name of Ryan, and set fire to the house in several
places, after a very short time the house with every
article of furniture was totally consumed. Ryan and his
family narrowly scaped with their lives, and on leaving the
house one of the party fired a shot at Ryan, but
fortunately without effect. Two of the party, named Murphy,
were arrested on Saturday, and fully identified.

On tuesday the 17th, as Mr. George Dart, Excise officer,
stationed at Nenagh, was retuning home, he discovered a
still and every other necessary appurtenance, concealed in
a ditch convenient to a house about four miles distant,
which he immediately seized on. Scarcely had he laid his
hand on it when he was assailed by three men, who in the
most violent manner endeavoured to wrest it from him, and
in the struggle several times knocked him down; however, Mr
Dart, in the most spirited manner, though alone,
successfully resisted them, and gallantly succeeded in
making good his seizure and carried it off.

A few days back, a notorious character named Brien was
arrested and committed to the county goal, for firing a
shot at a man named Gleeson in the month of Sept. last.

On the same night an armed party attacked the house of a
man named Thomas Neil, of Ballahane?, near Castle Otway,
and smashed his door. After entering, one of the party
presented a blunderbuss at him; and on their departure took
with them all the money the poor man was possessed of.

A few nights ago an armed party fired two shots into the
dwelling-house of John Hodgings, of Castle Otway, and
subsequently attacked it with stones and broke 16 panes of
glass. Hodgings is a respectable Protestant farmer.