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1. Old Irish Tales

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   Oisín and St. Patrick.

   When Oisín met with St. Patrick after having returned from Tír na n-Óg St. Patrick tried hard to convert him. He told him of Hell and put a vision of it before him. Both of them went to the gates of it and looked in and there Oisín saw his old friend Conan Maol with a flail beating the other devils. He would continue beating until the "tug" would go out of his flail, and then while Conan was employed in mending it the devils would gather around Conan and whack. him. He when he had his flail mended would commence his constant job. As St. Patrick told Oisín to ask Conan what request he would like to get. Poor Conan quickly answered that he would like an everlasting tug in his flail. His request was granted and it is said Conan's tug never was broken yet.

   Conan Maol is the man mentioned in the song about Billy Moore - the Landlord. The song is as follows:-

   
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   Ireland lost a tyrant, and Glangvelin lost a foe
   Into the eternal regions this despot had to go
   Shrouded in his pomp and pride the lightning came pel-nel
   And drove before it Billy Moore to the lowest pits in Hell.

   (leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)

   

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   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Brighid Ní Shiordan

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Seoladh

   Carrick West, Co. Cavan

   Faisnéiseoir

   Padraig Ó Raghallaigh

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Garvalt Upper or Gub, Co. Cavan