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School: Firoda (roll number 2788)

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Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
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Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 166

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    “Two whiteboys Fox and Crennan were stabbed by the Toeman;”

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    Two whiteboys - Fox and Crennan were stabbed by the Yeomen; the exact place in Upper Firoda we are unable to ascertain - some say Comerfords's field and others Jackman's bog. The yeomen were unable to kill the men until they took off their scapulars off them. A Monument to their memory stands in Ballinakill Co. Laoighis An old house at Jackman's bog is called Crennan's house and is pointed out as Crennan's birth place.
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    “Another account of the same event is :- At the Ballinakill side of the moate once stood the house...”

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keating
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Lawrence Mulhall
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60