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2002
Father Sheehy's Memorial, Shanrahan, Clogheen
The parish priest of Clogheen in Tipperary, Father Nicholas Sheehy, was
suspected of being a leader of the White Boys, and in February, 1766, he was
brought to trial in Dublin on a charge of High Treason. He was found not
guilty, but was immediately re-arrested, charged with being concerned in the
murder of a crown witness in his parish, and sent to Clonmel to be tried at
the assizes. Sheehy and four other men charged with the murder were found
Guilty and executed.
From Ireland in the Age of Imperialism and Revolution, 1760-1801,
by R.B.McDowell