Man found guilty of poisoning hunting dog
Youghal, 8 February 1915 - A Cork man has been found guilty of interfering with a hunt at Youghal Petty Sessions. John Neill of Carrigeen was accused of deliberately enticing hounds into lands he knew to be poisoned by blowing a hunting horn. One of the hounds who entered the lands subsequently died.
The act came in the wake of a dispute over the felling of timber and involved Mr. Neill also telling the wife of the Master of the Hunt: ‘God forgive me for ever being a friend of yours. Take your witchcraft face out of that!’
[Editor's note: This is an article from Century Ireland, a fortnightly online newspaper, written from the perspective of a journalist 100 years ago, based on news reports of the time.]
