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School: Cluainteach (roll number 10298)

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Cloontagh, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Seán Ó Buadhacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 240

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  1. Stories of the Battle of Ballinamuck (continued)

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    collected his yeomen about thirty in number. They mounted on their horses and marched for Ballinamuck. When they were going over this bad road they heard firing and they wanted to delay time. So they got down off their horses and started to take stones out of their horses' hooves, where there were no stones. In any case they reached the hill of Bohey near Drumlish just as the Mayo men were escaping from the battle. When they saw how things were, they galloped their horses through Drumlish and when they met the English
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    Language
    English
    Informant
    J. Bohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cloontagh, Co. Longford