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as a fall-back during searches. However, a letter was found in his wife's handbag which gave his address as at Bohans, Borra, Moycullen. He was arrested and sent to
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Arriving at Moyode they congregated with other companies but lack of orders and supplies led to fatigue and hunger. When news of the failure of the Rising in
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courts for south and west Galway. His activities came at the price of a thousand-pound reward for his capture, and he was targeted by the
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to proceed to the deserted Moyode Castle, in
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in 1908. He was already an active sportsman with the
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men. They rendezvoused with the
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