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Kavanagh then produced Fenian commissions, and distributed
them, and also produced sealed orders, from which it appeared
that he was to sail to Sligo Bay, and there land his men and
arms; and if he found it impracticable to land them there,
he was to proceed to some other place in Ireland. Some days
after this, they came in sight of the coast of the county
of Limerick, and then they sailed towards Sligo; but they
overshot the mark, and arrived off the coast of Donegal. They
then turned back, and arrived at Sligo Bay on the 20th of May.
The learned gentleman then went on to describe certain occurrences
alleged to have taken place on board the vessel, while she remained
in and about Sligo Bay. He said that on one evening a hooker came
alongside, from which a man, who appeared to be a gentleman, got on
board the brigantine. This person went down into the cabin, conversed
with the officers, and told them the landing could not be effected at
Sligo, after which he returned on board the hooker, and sailed for the
shore. The Attorney-General said:--
About the 26th of May the ship left the Sligo coast. On the
1st of June she arrrivcd at Dungarvan. During the voyage
councils were held on board. Provisions were running short,
and they could not remain much longer at sea.
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