The Connaught Journal Galway, Thursday, October 23, 1823 PROVINCIAL INTELLIGENCE ROSCOMMON- It is to us a source of regret, that a spirit of insubordination & outrage has begun to manifest itself near this town, in the Co. Westmeath. Last week the house of a man named Grennan, at Cappabrack, in the parish of Colry, within four miles of this town, in said County, was maliciously set on fire by a party of incendiaries and the inmates with difficulty escaped. On last Friday night, eight sheep were shorn of their wool, in the same parish, and their fleeces carried away.---Athlone Herald CORK, OCT 17- We understand, from a respectable source, that on Wednesday last, the Churchwardens of Rathcormuck, attempted to prevent the interment of an elderly gentleman, (Mr. O'Flanigan) according to the usual form and ceremonies of the Catholic burial. It is stated to us, that the Churchwardens, on being interrogated as to their authority, declared, that they acted on the express order of the Lord Bishop of Cloyne. We are happy to learn that the unchristian attempt was frustrated by the cool determination of the Roman Catholic Clergymen, who, regardless of the impertinent interruption, proceeded in their pious prayers for the repose of the soul of their deceased christian brother.-- Chronicle Cathy Joynt Labath Abstracts from Irish Newspapers http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/Ireland/index.html