Examination of Manus McTumulty

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The Examinacion of Manus mcTumalty of Rathreagh in the County of Longford labourer aged thirty six yeares or thereabouts taken before Coll Thomas Herbert and Robert Doily esquire Members of the high Court of Justice now sitting at Dublyn
The sayd Manus mcTumulty being duely sworne and <A> Examined saith That at the first outbreaking of the Rebellion hee was servant to mr James Nagle of Mastrym minister hee also saith that one Captain James mcGerald came with about eight men att about that tyme to his sayd Masters house and forceably entred the house, plunderd him of all the goods therein, telling the good wife that hee might as well begin with her as to leaue it to another and amongst other things taking away two harpes, the sayd mr Nagles wife desiring them, for that she had kept them thirty yeares, he repli the sayd Captain replyed yow Jade yow shall never haue the like tyme hereafter. being demanded if hee did see the sayd Captain James mcGerald ffarrell plunder <B> the sayd Ministers house as aforesaid this deponent saith hee was in the house when the Captain plunderd it & heard him speak the words aforemencioned. He further sayth that (the Minister aforenamed, being for feare of his life forced to forsake the Countrey) hee this deponent then serued one Edmund ffarrell of Clooncallo of the same County gent. and also saith that soone after hee was sent by his mistres with two vessells of aquavitæ to sell at Longford. and being come into the Towne of Longford hee went vnto the Castle gate to make sale thereof. being there hee saw the aforesaid Captain James mac Garrald & one Captain Roger

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Roger Nagle over the gate of the bawne that compasses the Castle. and also saith that hee was there after hee had been <D> there at the Castle gate about halfe an hower, hee did see diuers all the English (in number towards a hundred Men women and children) come forth of the sayd Castle, none of which were armd that hee perceaued saue one Thomas Allen who had a sword which was then taken from him. also deposeth that a guard was made on either side the English as they departed out of the Castle, & that in the reare of those English people followed the sayd Captain James macGarrald and Captain Roger Nangle followed with thier swords and hee did could see the sayd Nagle with a drawne sword in’s hand draw his sword as the English passed through the gard aforesaid on and also saith that hee did see one Donnogh mc Gillaguyne (who was serjeant to the sayd Captain James mc Garrald) with his Halberd in his hand & vpon the guard then He further deposeth <E> that so soone as the Castle gate was shutt & that the English aforesaid were past the gate about a pistoll shott from the bawne of the sayd Castle & being ready to go over passe the bridge over the riuer cald Avenmore the Irish togeather with the guard aforesaid the Irish compast the sayd English about and murtherd them notwithstanding quarter was promist them a s this deponent was then told by diuers. being demanded how many of the English were then kild by those Rebells, hee this deponent saith hee did see all the dead bodyes as they were stripping some of them, but could not Nomber them. He further deposeth that about hee did likewise see the aforesaid Captaines James mcGerald & Roger Nangle returne into the sayd Castle imediatly after the murther aforesaid & did see the sayd James macGerrald reterne with two hatts vpon his head (albeit hee issued out of the Castle but with one hatt) and is verily perswaded <f> that one of those two hatts was belonging to some of those English that were then murthered. being demanded how long hee had knowne the sayd James mcGarrald, hee saith

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<H> that he knew him very well having been his Neighbour for two or three yeares before: and also saith that as the sayd James mc Gerrald reterned into the Castle after the Murther of those English, this deponent, having not sold all his Aquavitae, the sayd James mc Gerrald was importunate with this deponent to haue some of his strong water proffering him for Itt his choice of any of the goods or househouldstuff that was then in the sayd Castle of longford which goods hee was assu red but hee refused Itt. being demanded vnder whose comand the men were that made the guard. hee this deponent says hee knowes not. but as hee hath formerly sayd, did see the sayd Captain James mc Gerralds sergeant amongst them with his halberd being demanded what is become of the sayd Captaine Roger Nangle. hee saith hee hath heard that hee was since kild in the North being demanded what other officers or Townsmen were present at that Murther hee saith hee had no acquaintance there & knew not any of them. And further saith not.
marke
Manus mc [mark] Tumultys
this Examinacion was
deposed before vs
this 16 of ffebruary 1652
Tho Herbert
R Doyly

Manus mcTumulty bond in 50 li.
John ffox gent..................in 25 li.
to appeare and giue Evidence &c.

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12.
The Examinacion of
Manus mc Tumulty
touching the Murther
of Longford 1641

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