School: St Johnston (2)
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- Teacher: S. Mac Giolla Bhríghde
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- More than 200 years ago there lived a great chieftain named Thomas Burke just at the time the English were plundering this part of the country. Thomas Burke vowed that he would put an end to the plundering. Some one heard that the English were on the road to Raphoe and they were coming through Kinnycally.
Thomas Burke gathered a large army and lay(continues on next page)