School: Lusk (B.) (roll number 718)
- Location:
- Lusk, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: L. Ó Duinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0786, Page 180
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Sword Field. In Gall Swords there is a field called the Sword Field through which runs a river. It is said that Cromwell's soldiers washed their swords in it after the battle of the Boyne near Drogheda.
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- Man O'War. This is how the man o'war got its name. It is said that two men were fighting and one man knocked out the other. They were brought up in court. The man that won the case was called the man o'war. Ever since that it is called the man o'war.
