Rody Ryan , Tipp News 1869 20-10-1869 Advocate. A very sad accident occurred on Thursday evening at Glenculloo, by which a fine young man named Rody Ryan lost his life. It appears that young Mr. Ryan, son of Mr. Ryan of Inch, accompanied by his brother in law, Captain Power Lalor, to his shooting lodge at Glenculloo, near the Silvermines. The party proceeded out rabbit shooting, and young Mr. Ryan, who is about 16 years of age, carried a double barrel gun, he was accompanied by Rody Ryan, who was the gamekeeper, and a son of a tenant on Captain Power Lalor's estate. The lad fired at a rabbit, and sent poor Ryan to take it up, and while in the act of proceeding after him, stumbled over a tuft, when the other barrel discharged, lodging the contents in the breast of Rody Ryan. Medical aid was instantly sought, but the wound proved fatal, and poor Ryan expired on Friday evening. Rody Ryan was a general favourite, and a true hearted patriotic son of Tipperary. It is a consolation to state that he received Holy Communion that morning, there being a station in his father's house, and the clergy who officiated were on the spot, they being invited after the station to dine with Captain Power Lalor.
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