Examination of Phill O’Kinge

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1884

The Examinations off Phill O Ringe Aged fifty years being sworne and Examined
Saith att the begining of the warrs he Liwed att Mackroom { } from theire to Blarny by the L. of M u skree to be vnder the Comand off Capt. J{ o McWilliam} oge, and donoh ô reardon was his Ensign, and being att {Blarny} This Examinantt hard Thatt Mrs Hussy and som others { of their} neighbowers wear going To Cork; did speak vnto Patr{ick Tompe}To goe Along with this Examinantt which Hee did, and wentt To the way thatt Leads ffrom mackrom to Courk{e to meete} with the said Mrs Husy and the rest of her neigh{bours Hee} mett with dono oreardon The Ensign who A{sked this } Examinatt whether hee was Goinge whoe To{ld him to} see Mrs Husy, before shee wentt to Corke; whoe {Answered} That shee was gone by and was att Cork by that time soe This Examinatt Torned backe with the Ensign Blarny and when night Came to sett the watch Th{is examinante} was Corporall of the Gawrd that night and Lookin{ge for} som s{oul}diers That was wanting vpon the Gar{ de} when he went the roundes Donoh Long and som others whose name hee {remembreth} nott he ffond the said donoh Long In A hous{e drinkinge } And This Examinatt Caled Him owtt to Com to {his gward } butt He Ernestly disiring This Examinatt to { come in to} drink with hime butt hee refused and wold n{ot awaie} withowt hime; butt After much Adoe He Came ou{t and} was sett vpon his Post to watch; and then this Exam{inant} { } to the Howse from whence hee fecth the Souldiers and A{sked} the woman why she wold lett hime haue Any drink{ } he knew hee had noe mony Then she shewed mee som{e} Clothes Thatt hee the said Longe had Browght In, a{nd} when This Examinantt saw them he knew Them too bee the Clothes of Mrs Husy then going to the Gawrd to one Morto oreardon, to know whoe was the Conue{ } they had killed Mrs Husy, and her Children, (oh S{aid the} said Morto) itt is Trew and I Cold nott for lett them; { } he Asked The said Longe iff hee was one tha{t killed them,} and he said he was; and then this Examinant Ask{ } to shew him wher they did Lye and soe hee did and Then wentt and Burid them hawing the help off Patrick { }

<and two others which this Examinatt had hired for thatt pwrpos and when they had Buried Them They hawing hard before Thatt ther was others Slaine also neerer Cork and they went and found them and Burid them allsoe This Examinatt knoeth nott Any liwing that Th did this factt but This Longe

The mark [mark] off Phill o ringe
This Taken beffor mee december 6 1652

fol. 164v

fol. 165r

fol. 165v

1890 1885

The Examination off
Phill o ringe Abowtt
the murder off The
peaple Killed between
Courk and Blarny