I am indebted to Lieutenant- Colonel Ellis for a copy of the
Kerry Evtnlnij Post of the 28th of February, 1872, fiom wMoh
'I extract the following valuable information relative to the
murder of this man, who was named "William Currana, ahot,
while standing a sentinel on the Custom House at Tralee, on
the morning of the 2lBt December, 1797 ■ — -
(From Chute'i Western Herald, Tralee. Friday, Dec. 22, 1797.)

" A base and horrible murder, attended with circumstances
of the most cowardly and premeditated villany, we are ahocked
to Bay, was perpetrated in this town, between the hours of one
and two of the clock on the morning of yesterday, the 21st
instant :^As William Currans, a private soldier of the Royal
Tyrone Regiment of MOitia, was standing sentinel on the Cus-
tom House, he was accosted by a person in woman's attire, who,
after having answered his challenge with the usual response,
requested to know the hour of the night, &c., and after a few
mote cursory words of conversation, passed along the Quay.
