School: Ross (roll number 12789)
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- Teacher: Cáit Bean Uí Mhaoláin
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- (continued from previous page)civil wars of 1641-43 but in 1644 being encamped at Granard with Lord Castlehaven who ordered him to proceed with a chosen detachment of horse to defend the bridge of Finea against the Scots, then bearing down on the main army with a very superior force. Myles was slain at the head of his troops fighting bravely on the middle of the bridge.Tradition adds that during the action he encountered the Colonel of the Scots in single combat who laid open his cheek with a blow(continues on next page)