Nationalist 1921. Tatler. The reference in "By the Way" column of "The Freeman" to Colonel Nolan and the Charge of the Light Brigade reminds a correspondent that of the same family of Kilkenny and Carlow soldiers was Captain Moses Nowlan , or O'Nowlan, who was a recruiting officer in Ireland for the armies of the King of Spain. He was caught and tried in the Court of the King's Bench in June 1726, for enlisting Wild Geese, and it was sworn that he had "shipped off 200 men during those two months past for the said service, and had 100 more to go off that night" Found guilty, he was hanged at the Irish Tyburn, near Stephen's Green in Dublin, where so many illustrious men, including Archbishop O' Hurley, of Cashel, suffered for Faith and Fatherland.

Mick, I had read about Captain Moses Nowlan but did not know that he was related to the Nolan of "Light Brigade" fame. I am interested in finding out more about this Kilkenny (Carlow border?) family. My notable absence from the list during the past two weeks is due to me working on the next issue of the Nolan Clan newsletter. I did also see your other recent postings wherein the Nolan family name appeared but have not had time to comment. I hope to do so after the Newsletter is mailed off (in time for St. Patrick's day). With best regards, Roger Nowlan ********************* http://nolanfamilies.org ********************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "michael purcell" <carlowmike@gmail.com> To: <irl-carlow@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 3:44 PM Subject: [IRL-CARLOW] Nowlan > Nationalist 1921. > Tatler. > The reference in "By the Way" column of "The Freeman" to Colonel Nolan and > the Charge of the Light Brigade reminds a correspondent that of the same > family of Kilkenny and Carlow soldiers was Captain Moses Nowlan , or > O'Nowlan, who was a recruiting officer in Ireland for the armies of the > King > of Spain. > He was caught and tried in the Court of the King's Bench in June 1726, for > enlisting Wild Geese, and it was sworn that he had "shipped off 200 men > during those two months past for the said service, and had 100 more to go > off that night" > Found guilty, he was hanged at the Irish Tyburn, near Stephen's Green in > Dublin, where so many illustrious men, including Archbishop O' Hurley, of > Cashel, suffered for Faith and Fatherland. > ======================================= > Before you post a message to the IRL-CARLOW mailing list you must > subscribe to the List. Its FREE! > --------------------------------------- > To subscribe to the IRL-Carlow mailing list, send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word "subscribe" (without the > quotes) in the Subject box. No additional text is required. > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > IRL-CARLOW-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >