While the pioneers at the Old Port were on the verge of starvation, the 'Clonmel' men were living in luxury.
It happened that at a ball in Clonmel he met the young daughter of Robert Power, then a mere child of fourteen years.
The heavy baggage and cannon being sent away, the army decamped and marched towards Clonmel.
Clonmel and Kilkenny were abandoned by the Irish troops as soon as it was known that he was approaching.
In the same company were Mr. and Mrs. Ward, whose daughter, born at Clonmel, was the mother of "the Kembles."
