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1. Concerning the Battle of Aughrim (continued)

   

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   fighting, the 12th of July being the last.
   During that day and English gunner by the name of Trench, acting on the information that Syn Ruth wore a silk hat and rode a white horse, observed the commander moving through the lines. He trained his gun carefully on him, so carefully that he is said to have used his gloves as a help to getting the gun sights into accurate position. "The hat is off" shouted an observer after the shot was fired. " I'll wager that the head is in it" said Trench, and he proved to be correct .
   A bush, known as "Syn Ruths bush" marked the spot where he fell. A remnant of the Irish army was supposed to to have made a last unsuccessful stand at a place near Cappataggle, on land now owned by a Mr.Finn (mail road). The line of retreat probably lay along what is now only partly the site of an old road be leading from the hill of Aughrim, past past Mr.Tevelans house, through Mrs.Claffeys, across Clonskeen, through the Leacht and through Killalaghton burial ground and thence to Cappataggle and Loughrea.
   The English are said to have

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