Note 168 — Chapter XXIII · FALL OF LORD BEACONSFIELD.

Mr. C. D. Boyd was shot by a gang of men with blackened faces whilst driving on the 8th of August from New Ross to Shanlough. He was the son of the agent to Mr. Tottenham, and there was reason to suppose that it was his father (who was with him) who was aimed at. Lord Mountmorres was waylaid near Clonbur and shot on the 25th of September. He had only fifteen tenants, had evicted only two of them, and his household was boycotted. He lived among the people, and was fairly popular with them, so that his murder is to this day somewhat of a mystery.