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1. A Story of a Famous Abduction - Hugh Reynolds of Cavan (continued)

   

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   The match would end all the strife. It wasn't right that an enmity between the two clans should cause so much trouble and unhappiness.
   The McCabes and the Reynolds had been most friendly neighbours till a dispute, about land had caused a rift a generation or two back, and there had been nothing but squabbling ever since. The two families had hated and fought on every possible occasion and for every possible reason, There had been bloodshed. Old McCabe, Catherine's uncle was the fiercest protagonist. His bitterness he hoped to pass on to his children, so that there would never be a moment's peace for a Reynolds as long as a McCabe lived in

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mrs Joseph Mullen

   Gender

   Female

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Address

   Mount Nugent, Co. Cavan

   Informant

   Joseph Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Farren Connell, Co. Cavan