Leaf 27 recto

some hours, all the citizens would be indignant with the
G League, and we would lose our most valuable asset,
our popularity. It was all to no [effect] purpose, the op-
-portunity was too good [to] to lose of throwing the [G]League into [the]
opposition to the powers that were. One man called Buggy
from Kilkenny, who [kn] did not know Irish, but used
always to act as a Marshall to out Siubal mor
was particularly strong upon not giving way. Domhnall
O Murchadha was there too, but a young fellow
called Kelly or Kenny was the most violent of all. Their
chief idea seemed to be to have a fight with the
police. I then played my last card. Luckily the
Coiste Gnótha was meeting on the following day Saturday and
I said I would bring the entire matter before them and
ask them to countermand the meeting on Sunday. This gave
them pause, but the young fellow was amazed (botún)