Newspaper articles
Freeman's Journal
Contributed by Mary Heaphy
1927
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15th June 1827 At the fair of Borrisoleigh on Saturday when business was just commencing,two desperate factions named the "Rossoultys" or "Black Hens", and the "Stapletons" or "Magpies" having met by appointment, rushed upon each other with fury. Business was at once suspended and the people quitted the town with their stock, and happy was he who escaped without the tap from the shillelagh of the "Black Hens" or "Magpies." After a desperate fight, the "Black Hens" gave way and fled in disorder to the hills, pursued by the victorious "Magpies", who in turn were pursued by the Thurles police that had just arrived. |
