WXDA Record #1080
No title.
22 August 1848
Summary
Reprint of the Limerick Chronicle's account of actions of the English authorities, led by Mr. Little, R.M., trying to arrest Irish insurgents in Kilrush and Kilkee. "The traitors were said to be disguised as women, and occupied ladies' apartments; it therefore became absolutely necessary, on this important duty, that all the ladies' bedrooms (notwithstanding the high rank of some) should be searched. This painful duty (as many of the ladies were in their beds) was performed by Mr. Little alone, and in the most delicate manner possible, consistent with his magisterial duty."
Full Title
22 Aug 1848. No title. Times p. 3 c. C.
Publication
Times of London(Times)
Full Record
- Date
- 22 August 1848
- Provisional Category
- Criminal; Political Agent
- Cross-dressing activity
- Politics
- Locations
- KilkeeView on map
- Primary source topic
- Dressed as a woman; Escape in disguise; Stratagem
- Item format
- News report
- Motive
- Escape
- Attire
- Female garb
- Source
- Limerick Chronicle
- Stated Motive (Protagonist)
- No
- Sex Perceived by Recorder
- Male
- Racialization
- Irish
- Report Scope
- Central
- Colonial Agency