School: Coracrin
- Location:
- Corracrin, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: E. Ní Dhuibhghlinn
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Sometime perhaps over one Hundred years ago I do not know the exact date a Detachment of the British army was going from Cavan to Omagh. Co Tyrone. at that time she road passed through Drumbanagher and over somewhere about where Drumbanagher Railway bridge now stand the same time there was a company of the Irish army camped in the forth under command of Captain Hughes. Now when the Irish saw the British had such a large force they did not intend to attack until the greater part of the army would pass. And then they would take them in the Rear. So the Irish had orders to lie low, but as usual a traitor crept amongst them and fired a shot so that brought all the Army on to them and the lid to retreat down the other side of the hill down the hill towards Drumbanagher the river being swollen at that Time with big floath some of them the Irish attempted to cross a fallen tree but it broke down(continues on next page)
