[ Note added by Michael Purcell 2012, difficult to transcribe but here is the main trust of a charge recorded in the Browne-Clayton Papers.] .......Patrick Hore along with John Currin , Oliver Carey , Christopher Beaghan, John Howlett, James Muldoon were committed by Philip Newton , Esquire, on 14th March 1797. That they being Evil Disposed and Designing persons on 10th March in the 38th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third, King, Defender of the Faith and so Forth, did at Mount Neal, Carlow, Wickedly Unlawfully Maliciously and Feloniously did Conspire Confederate and Agree together and with certain other persons Willfully and of Malice prepared to Kill and Murder the Honorable and Reverend Francis Paul Stratford against the Peace, Crown and Dignity of our said King. ~~~~ Felling trees. There is another charge against the 6 men named above. That they on the 10th of March in the 38th year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord George the third, King, Defender of the Faith and so Forth, did at Mount Neal, Carlow between Sunset of said day and Sunrise on the Day next following did Cut down take and Carry Away one Deal Tree, Value 5 shillings, One Ash Tree, Value 3 shillings and one Oak Tree, Value 10 shillings the goods of Francis Paul Stratford, Esquire, without his consent, he being the Owner thereof.