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24 country, besides the reward at the ensuing quarter sessions.

Thus ended the memorable life of that notorious highwayman and robber, Redmond O’Hanlon, on whom there was a very curious song composed after his death, though never printed.* But stories concerning him differ greatly; nevertheless, had all his exploits and actions been recorded, they would have made as remarkable a history as most of the Irish giants.

*And though some soldiers lost their lives in the rescue of Power, yet he was entirely against it, and intended only to overdo them by liquor, Kelly was the chief actor in the tragedy, therefore Redmond ought not to bear the scandal of so foul a deed.

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