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1. The Mc Mahon's of Dartrey (continued)

   

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   and stood at the right side of the altar with his hat on. Mc Mahon stood on the other side with his hat on, one made of wool, with wool hanging down the sides. Whe the solemn part of the Mass (canon) began Mc Mahon pulling out a pistol said to Madden "Take off your hat and kneel down or I will shoot it off. Madden grew afraid and both men took off their hats and knelt. When some of the women heard this they fainted but others did not hear the two men at all. Madden admitted that it was the only time that he was ever overpowered and had to submit. Even after the this when Madden would meet Cullough he would lift him. Madden admitted that it was the only real lesson he ever he got.
   Cullough spent some of his time in a foreign army. He was always a very staunch Catholic. One time he was stationed at Belturbet and and he heard the Catholic religion being laughed at, immediately he flung his sword at the man who was lowering the Catholic religion but he missed him and the sword stuck in the ground. Cullough left the army and said he would never serve in an army which laughed at the B.V. or the R.C. religion. He was threatened with loss of his property if he would not be a protestant. Cullough did not know what to do so he went to the "dure" of Drommully church on two successive Sundays to pretend he was a protestant. He was however disinherited by the senate of the Irish College from sending any of his descendants to the Irish College. It was arranged at first that an O'Neill or a Mc Mahon should be ordained during every certain no. of years.
   We have here to distinguish between Cullough of Clare and Cullough of Cnoc na Coíse (Crock na Cush). Cullough of Clare came up here and and married a daughter of Cullough of Cush. This lady had a sister who was married to Mc Nally and her son was the bishop of Clogher, Dr. Mc Nally

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Michael Moore

   Gender

   Male

   Informant

   Peter Mac Mahon

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   c. 100

   Occupation

   Police officer

   Address

   Cloncumber, Co. Monaghan