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DONNELLY AND COOPER ON THE CURRAGH.
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was at once publicly accepted in Dublin by Dan Donnelly, who was "backed" by as much money as was needed.
This battle attracted international attention. In Ireland the excitement was very great. When the men met on the Curragh of Kildare, on the 14th of September, 1814, there were over thirty thousand persons present. Both men were cheered when they entered the ring; and the fight was fair
SPARING—AROUND BLOW MISSED.
(Instantaneous Photograph.)
until Hall, finding himself overmatched, fell several times without a blow, and ultimately raised a cry of "Foul," to cover his complete defeat. From the first round he had failed to make a single point on Donnelly, or to effectually stop one of Donnelly's.
