School: Mercy Convent, Granard (roll number 13846)
- Location:
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Teacher: Sr. Conception
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- (continued from previous page)62 Granard, age 88. They can tell a lot of stories in English, but they know no Irish.
Cloonfin Wood is 3 1/2 miles from the town of Granard; it covers about one and a half acres of ground. It is very famous as well as historic spot, and figured during the reign of the "Black and Tans" in Ireland in 1921.
An ambush took place there on the 9th April, 1921. A battle immediately followed about one o'clock a.m. in which General Sean McEoin and his Volunteer force fought so bravely killing many of the "Black and Tans", and wounding a large number of them.
The following ballad was composed by some of the Irish Volunteers belonging to this district of Granard after the Battle of Cloonfin, called the "Battle of Cloonfin"
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Brave Irishmen met at Cloonfin.
And clasped each others hands,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Granard, Co. Longford
- Informant
- Mrs Maria Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 77
- Address
- Granard, Co. Longford
