From Dr. Casey’s collection Kilcrea Abbey
Lo Arthur Leary Generous Brave Handsome Slain in his Bloom lies in this humble Grave Died the 4th May 1771 aged 26 years Having Served the Empress Maria Teresa as Captain of the Hungarian Hussars he returned home to be treacherously shot by order of the British Government his sole crime being that he resisted to part with a favourite horse for the sum of …(£5)…
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