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1. Faction Fighting (ar lean)

   

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   place in Annagh bog, which is situated between Annacotty and Murroe, and about two miles from the latter.
   The Coffeys were the victors, a few were killed and many, on both sides, dangerously wounded. The old story often told, that the row began by one man taking off his coat and trailing it behind him saying "Who will dare to tread on that?" is a myth. Everyone of these fights began the same way. One man "wheeled" as they called it, for his party, that is, he marched up and down, flourishing his blackthorn, and shouting the battle-cry of his faction. "Here is Coffey aboo against Reaskawallahs. Here is Coffey aboo who dare strike a Coffey"? Then one of the other party would shout "I dare" and at the same instant would make a whack with his shillelagh at his opponents head. In an instant hundreds of sticks would be raised and many hundreds of heads almost broken.
   The members of the Coffey faction were all men of that name or their relatives or connections; the Reaskawallahs were nearly all Ryans, which

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      1. daoine
         1. faicsin (~230)

   Teanga

   Béarla

   Bailitheoir

   Teresa Browne

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Faisnéiseoir

   Michael Coffey

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Aois

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   Gairm bheatha

   Labourer (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

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