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School: Feevagh (roll number 9517)

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Feevagh, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Seán Ó Bhaldraithe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0269D, Page 04_016

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  1. 'As Bad as Robert'

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    There was a man living in Toberavady Castle two hundred years ago. His name was Robert Ormsby, Toberavady Castle is built on a ford in the Suck, in the parish of Fuerty, about one mile south of Athleague.
    He was a magistrate and was the officer in charge of the English Soldiers guarding the line of the Suck. All the land between Ballinalsoe and Castlerea was under his control.
    He used to patrol all the country along by the Suck,
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Fuerty, Co. Roscommon
    Collector
    Eileen Naughton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartronkilly, Co. Roscommon