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Volume: CBÉ 0559 (Part 003)

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0559, Page 360

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The Main Manuscript Collection, Volume 0559, Page 360

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  1. Necarne Castle

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    First owned by Matthew Lowther while he owned it James' army after the battle of the Boyne was marching around. Lowther heard James was coming and got the tenant farmers to cover up the castle with sods which they took from a nearby field and which is called even yet 'Sod Park'. Anyhow they covered up the Castle with sods
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    History Edit
    Date
    5 October 1938
    Item type
    Lore
    Language
    English
    Writing mode
    Handwritten
    Writing script
    Roman script
    Location
    Castle Irvine Demesne, Co. Fermanagh
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