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Peter Dempsey (Kiltullagh) was a tenant farmer who was murdered during the Irish Land War in 28 May 1881. He was shot to death while walking to Mass with his two daughters across a field mass path. Dempsey had taken over an holding near Hollypark, Loughrea after the previous tenant, Murty Hynes, had given it up following a speech by Matt Harris. Hynes relinquished the holdings in September 1880 after Harris, who was a Fenian, Land Leaguer, Irish nationalist and Westminster MP, condemned him in a speech for taking a farm after the previous occupant (Martin Bermingham) had been evicted for non-payment of rent. Dempsey refused to leave the farm and was killed. Two men were charged with murder and were acquitted. Few attended Dempsey's funeral. ==See also== * Martin O'Halloran * James Connors (Kiltullagh) * John Henry Blake * Thomas Henry Burke (civil servant) * Hubert de Burgh-Canning, 2nd Marquess of Clanricarde 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Dempsey (Kiltullagh)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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