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- A Story about King James 11It is said that at the time of the Battle of the Boyne there lived a man called Burke the Gunner. He got this name from being a sure aim with his gun.
On the morning of the Battle, Burke was standing beside King James, and he saw one of King Williams' men (as he thought) eating a meal off a tombstone in Tullyallen Churchyard. He asked King James if he would shoot the man, but when James looked he saw who the man was, he said "If you shoot that man, you will leave my daughter a widow".Peggie McGuinness (Scoláire)Got from: Patrick McGuinness (50)
Oldbridge,
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- Collector
- Peggie Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Oldbridge, Co. Meath