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Irish treason trial details reveal vast conspiracy network
Court hears a complex web of letters and aliases linking O Connor and O Coigley to French aid for Ireland. Evidence includes cash, trunks, and papers with coded names and locations. Witnesses describe possession of a treasonable book and discussions of Hamburgh and naval stores as part of a broader United Irishmen plot.
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Maxwell
Hamburgh
France
Ireland
Areorry
Prestias
Chevalier
Nicholson
Williams
Frances
Paris
Edw
Fitzgerald
Amsterdam
W. Morris
John Revett
Bow-street
King’s Head Inn
Margate
Leary
Allen
Binns
O'Coigley
Mr. O'Connor
Revett
Lane
Cork
O’connor
Kean Mahoney
Canterbury
London
Gravesend
Whittable Hoy
Ud Bell
O¢ Connor
Capt. Jones
Kent
James
O‘coigley
J.dynton
O‘connor
N. B
Nwith
Jones
MELEE
Abbott
O'Connor
Col. Lane
Bantry
Cheapeak
Dublin Hay
Wonduras Bay
L.O. Lord Patses &c. &c
Fredy Datton
Edw. Fitzgerald
Connor
Capel-street
Dublin
Priv Council
Ford
O*connor
Society of United Irishmen
United Irishmen