60 men seen drilling in a field in Durrus, West Cork in Fenian times.

Nothing much came from this in the immediate area.

However a circle with Durrus association were active at the time in East London. John Dukelow from Crottees who lived for a while in Ahagouna, Clashadoo went to London with his wife and family and after a few years secummed to cholera. He was associated with the Hurley Santry and Swanton families probably also from the Durrus area in Fenian activities. Interestingly one of their womenfolk kept a lodging house where Michael Collins stayed when he came to London first as a Post Office Clerk.

The Dukelows were also active in politics with associated families from Durrus/Mizen in Rochester, New York where they were part of the network known as the ’99 cousins’. They ran the City of Rochester even though Republican in a like manner to…