School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)
- Location:
- Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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- (continued from previous page)For time enough my heart will break
And time enough and soon
When fortune far away I see
Far from the Spa and Doon - Ballindoon AbbeyI received the following story from my grandmother Mrs Mary McDermott of Doon.
When Ballindoon Abbey was going to be blown up by Cromwell's men, one man from the district said he would do his best to defend it and took his gun. When he was going up to the Abbey his old mother gave him an advice. This was the advice, she gave him, "When the soldier comes aim at his feet". When the soldier came he had a steel helmet on his head. When he came to the place from which he was going to fire from he lifted up the helmet to see the spot at which he would fire. The man on the Abbey aimed at his(continues on next page)- Informant
- Mrs Mary Mc Dermott
- Relation
- Grandparent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Doon, Co. Roscommon