Chapter 10: A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family

A Chapter in the History of a Tyrone Family Being a Tenth Extract from the Legacy of the Late Francis Purcell, P.P. of Drumcoolagh. Introduction In the following narrative, I have endeavoured to give as nearly as possible the ipsissima verba of the valued friend from whom I received it, conscious that any aberration from her mode of telling the tale of her own life would at once impair its accuracy and its effect. Would that, with her words, I could also bring before you her anim…