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Forty Nine Papists Named in 1666 Roscommon Letter
An article from The Irish Genealogist, Vol. 3, No. 6, October 1961, entitled
Nicholas Mahon and 17th Century Roscommon by Gerald Hanley, names 49
Catholics who, from hiding places in the woods, had signed a letter in support
of the Pope and protesting the loss of their due liberties of conscience and
rights in that troubled time after Cromwell.
While the signers were not linked to any specific townlands, many of their
surnames are Kilglass Parish names and some of the surnames were present in
Ballykilcline at the time of the evictions there in the 1840s.
They were: Myles Reyley, Hugh Reyley, Thomas Farrell, Richard Plunkett, Neile
O'Neile, Faghny Farrell, Edmund Farrell, Walter Reynolds, Dudley Costellogh,
Owen Brady, Edmund Nangle, Connor Hanly, Marey Farrell, Gerald Farrell,
William Farrell, James Rennolds, Francis Shanly, Harry Byrne, Manus O'Donnell,
Daniel McSweeny, Cormack O'Neile, James Griffin, Morogh Farrell, James
Farrell, Roger Hanly, Thomas Plunckett.
Also, Charles Hanly, Colonel McCawfill, Cahir Reily, Patrick Brady, Roger
Phillips, Richard Flanigan, Teige Flanigan, Francis Rourke, Charles Byrne,
Christopher Hill, Hugh Reyley, Charles Reyley, John Costelloe, Loghlin
Donnelane, Loghlin Reignolds, Richard Reignolds, John Reyley, Garrott Farrell,
Richard Farrell, Cormack McDonoghue, Dermot Hanley, Daniel O'Connor.
Submitted by Mary Lee Dunn
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