This is for people who are researching their ancestors in and around the parish of Killabban (Arles) in County Laois. The following was published in the Nationalist and Leinster Times, June 1890. Memorial to the men of '98. "Croppy Hole, 1798" The foundation stone laid at Carlow-Graigue in 1890. The Following Deputations Attended:- Arles, Ballylinan And Killeen National League: - Joseph Purcell, Laurence McLoughlin, John Byrne, Michael Byrne, Joseph Dempsey, Nicholas Bolger, Edward Fenlon, B. Duggan, T. Nolan, J. McDonald, J. Kelly, M. Deegan, W. Kelly, M. Dunne, T. Scully, T. Ryan, J. Lawlor, M. Deegan, T. Burke, M. Brennan, J. Haydon, J. McDarby, J. Kavanagh, P. Byrne, Mathew Byrne, J. Brennan, (Woodlands); Denis Lawler, P. Coogan. Arles Gaelic Club:- T. Fenlon, P. Costigan, J. Mooney, P. Murphy, P. Price, M. White, J. Dunne, E. Byrne, J. Scully, J. Nolan, J. Scully, M. Scully, T. McDarby, J. Brennan, J. McEvoy, P. Storey, J. Fahy, W. Fahy, J. White, J. Tobin, J. Coogan, J. Nolan, G. Coffey, M. King, T. Farrell, J. Farrell, J. Kane, J. Browne, P. McEvoy, J. Costigan, W. Murphy, G. Cooper, P. Coady, W. Coady, M. Deegan, T. Burke, J. Murphy, P. Byrne, W. Nolan. Killabbin Gaelic Club:- Peter Moore (Captain), Dominick Moore, Joseph Lawler (red), William Lawler, Hugh Lawler, Peter Gorman, Pat Gorman, Thomas Gorman, Michael Gorman, James Julian, James Muldowney, Pat Walsh, James Walsh, Peter Byrne, Peter Warren, Nicholas Connolly, Michael Keefe, Michael Kelly, Christy Barron, James Deegan, John Moore, William Dunne, Bernard Moore, Thomas Whelan, Martin Hurley, Pat Gorman, John Moore, Pat Walsh, Dan Kavanagh, Michael Lawless, Tim Murphy, Edward Murphy, Edward Connolly, Michael Abbin, Richard Warren, Michael Foley, John Foley, Pat Dooley, Joseph Dooley, Joseph Lawler (long), Pat Byrne, Laurence Byrne, Pat Kelly, and Larry Ryan. Regards Michael Brennan Carlow/Graiguecullen website: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irlcar2/Site_index.htm My Laois Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mjbrennan/index.htm