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Murder in Roscommon – The Assassinations of the Rev. John Lloyd and Major McMahon, 1847

  See here for more stories of 1847   *****   Elphin, County Roscommon, Ireland Sunday 28 November 1847   Having delivered his morning sermon in Aughrim, Co. Roscommon, the Rev. John Lloyd was perhaps reflecting upon the themes he might draw on for the coming Advent as his teenage coachman, Patt Rooney, escorted him […]