24-4-1867 From the Times. A letter from Nenagh states that:- "A party of eight Fenian prisoners arrived here from Thurles and were lodged in the county gaol to await their trial at the commission. The following are the names of those committed today:-William Dwyer, of Mealiffe, Labourer; Edward Dwyer, of Mealiffe, Labourer; Michael Carroll, Drombane, Labourer; John Hayes, Drombane, Labourer; D. Ryan, Drombane, Labourer; William Long, Drombane, Labourer. Patrick Fahy, Drombane, Labourer. And Denis Mullen, Roskeen, Labourer. The prisoners are all fine, healthy looking and athletic young men of the more respectable labouring class. The first six named stand charged "with having being of an armed party of Fenians who illegally marched and demanded arms for treasonable designs and purposes at Drombane, and other places in the said County on the 5th March 1867; while the two last named (Fahy and Mullen) are charged with having been of an armed party of Fenians who demanded and took away arms from Gortkelly, burned Roskeen Police Barracks, and shot one Patrick Tracey on the night of the 5th March 1867. There are now in this gaol charged with the crimes of high treason and treason felony, the large number of 45 prisoners, and it has become a matter of surprise that the Government has not yet issued a commission for either riding of the County of Tipperary for the trial of Fenian prisoners, as it is admitted on all sides that it would be injudicious to keep over such a large number of prisoners for trial at the next assizes in August or September. Mary