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1. Lough Key and the Rock of Doon (continued)

   

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   For time enough my heart will break
   And time enough and soon
   When fortune far away I see
   Far from the Spa and Doon

   

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2. Ballindoon Abbey

   

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   Ballindoon Abbey I received the following story from my grandmother Mrs Mary McDermott of Doon. When Ballindoon Abbey was going to be blown up by Cromwell's men, one man from the district said he would do his best to defend it and took his gun. When he was going up to the Abbey his old mother gave him an advice. This was the advice, she gave him, "When the soldier comes aim at his feet". When the soldier came he had a steel helmet on his head. When he came to the place from which he was going to fire from he lifted up the helmet to see the spot at which he would fire. The man on the Abbey aimed at his

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Informant

   Mrs Mary Mc Dermott

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Doon, Co. Ros Comáin