Volunteers, at the castle told the truth and to dismiss them as *not very knowledgable * is not nice, these people of Wexford know more about their own history than you or I. For one thing there is no known list of who fought, or where they died, how could there be, Volunteers were the fighting force of these armies, they were not conscripted and trained at an army barracks for months and then went to Vinegar Hill to fight. They took up their farm implements and went forth to fight for their Country, you have to admire the loyalty of this. And yes they were buried where they fell, if a family member did not find them and take them home to be buried, and we didnt use picks, we used Pikes, and a Governement Commissioned Report labeled the Musgrave Report is hard to use, and define who died where etc and I am told by reliable sources it is very biggotted as it was a commisioned report. And when you return to Wexford allow yourself some hours to go to the 1798 Center because you will, be amazed at what has been recorded on the 1798 Rebellion. But dont be so quick to dismiss the Volunteers that work there, they are proud of their knowledge, and a Volunteer would be most upset to read the words that dismiss them as Not very knowledable. Where would we be today without Volunteers..........???? If I have offended with my comments, I apologise I realise they are short and to the point. But I am exercising my rights to defent the Volunteers of any work. Cara -----
Cara a Rose to you, thank you Art ----- Original Message ----- From: Cara_Links <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 6:15 PM Subject: [IRL-WEXFORD] CASTLE VOLUNTEERS > Volunteers, at the castle told the truth and to dismiss them as *not very > knowledgable * is not nice, these people of Wexford > know more about their own history than you or I. > > For one thing there is no known list of who fought, or where they died, how > could there be, Volunteers were the fighting force of these armies, they > were not conscripted and trained at an army barracks for months and then > went to Vinegar Hill to fight. > They took up their farm implements and went forth to fight for their > Country, you have to admire the loyalty of this. > And yes they were buried where they fell, if a family member did not find > them and take them home to be buried, and we didnt use picks, we used Pikes, > and a Governement Commissioned Report labeled the Musgrave Report is hard to > use, and define who died where etc and I am told by reliable sources it is > very biggotted as it was a commisioned report. > > And when you return to Wexford allow yourself some hours to go to the 1798 > Center because you will, be amazed at > what has been recorded on the 1798 Rebellion. > But dont be so quick to dismiss the Volunteers that work there, they are > proud of their knowledge, and a Volunteer would be most upset to read the > words that dismiss them as Not very knowledable. > Where would we be today without Volunteers..........???? > > > If I have offended with my comments, I apologise I realise they are short > and to the point. > But I am exercising my rights to defent the Volunteers of any work. > > Cara > > ----- > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message