School: Baile Uí Mheirigín, Merginstown
- Location:
- Baile Uí Mheirgin, Co. Chill Mhantáin
- Teacher: Áine Ní Fhearrachtáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0914, Page 254
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- (continued from previous page)Donard. He pitched his tents on a hill in the east of Mullica about three miles from Donard.
When the king and his guardians were asleep and the sentries on guard, some of the enemy stole out of Donard with soldiers in baskets which were tied on the horse's' backs.
When they were gone about a mile they were stopped by some of the sentries. "Who goes there" cried the sentries. "Men with food for the king of Leinster," said the enemy. "Pass on," said the sentries.
The enemy passed on to where the king was camped. When they arrived they found that all the soldiers were asleep. Out jumped the soldiers and slaughtered every man except nine including the king. The were pursued as far as Valleymount where they were all killed beside a river which was afterwards called the King's River Story
One night about twenty years ago a man who had a hump(continues on next page)
