First page of a letter asking Sam if he can supply any information about Charley McFillan, a native of Ballymilligan in south Derry. Local tradition… – Scan990

First page of a letter asking Sam if he can supply any information about Charley McFillan, a native of Ballymilligan in south Derry. Local tradition… – Scan990

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First page of a letter asking Sam if he can supply any information about Charley McFillan, a native of Ballymilligan in south Derry. Local tradition has it that he testified against a priest named father Quigley at the time of the 1798 rising and that the priest was hanged as a result of his evidence. The writer claims that McFellin an informant was in the pay of the secret service and later went to reside in Coleraine.

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