James Connors (Kiltullagh)
James Connors (Kiltullagh), Irish tenent, murdered May 1881.
Connors was a tenent at Forgehill, Toolooban, on the estate of Denis St George Daly, 2nd Baron Dunsandle and Clanconal (1810–1893). The farm consisted of fourteen acres.
Some months earlier, Lord Dunsandle dismissed a bailiff named Keogh from the farm, and appointed Connors in his place. This lead to his death by millitant members of the local Land League.
The shooting was Connors was witnessed by his wife, who gave contradictory evidence that led to the three men accused been acquitted. Connors was attended as he died by Father J.A. Pelly, C.C., Kiltullagh, later Parish Priest of Ballymacward. Not more than 25 attended the funeral, the rest staying away out of fear of reprisal. His death was one of many in the Athenry-Loughrea-Gort area during the Land League 'war'.
See also
- Martin O'Halloran
- Peter Dempsey (Kiltullagh)
- John Henry Blake
- Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant)
- Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde
References
- The Land War in South East Galway (1879-1891), a thesis by Anne Finnegan
- As The Centuries Passed: A History of Kiltullagh 1500–1900, edited Kieran Jordan, 2000
- The Land Wars, Kevin and Kieran Jordan, in op.cit.
- The District of Loughrea: Vol. I History 1791-1918. ISBN 0 9546567 0 9