March 1824, Houghing of Livestock, Ballydehob, West Cork, 1824 Spillover of Whiteboyism.

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March 1824, Houghing of Livestock, Ballydehob, West Cork, 1824 Spillover of Whiteboyism.

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Finola said:

July 13, 2015 at 10:40 am

I had to look up houghing! Pronounced hocking – cutting the hamstrings to disable the cattle. Although sometimes the cattle were slaughtered. http://places.galwaylibrary.ie/history/chapter45.html

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