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1. Cromwell in Drogheda (continued)

   “These are true stories I am going to tell you about. It happened in the time of Oliver Cromwell,...”

   

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   their life. The people's name was Walsh who lived in the house, they were the descendants of a woman called Walsh, who lived beside me a few years ago, she died.

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2. Cromwell in Drogheda

   “One of Cromwell's Officers were found about thirty years ago in Father Nulty's fields on Cromwell's Mount.”

   

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   One of Cromwell's Officers were found about thirty years ago in Father Nulty's fields on Cromwell's Mount. When they were putting the Hot house near the Parochial House, they found a skeleton. There was one pure gold ring around his stomach, another over his right shoulder and under his left arm, a pure gold ring about his finger, a big sword about a yard long, when tied up. There is a spring near the end of the sword. There was three spears shaped like a cross and as sharp as a knife. At the handle of the sword there was a lance pointing left and another right, in the middle. It was a wonderful weapon. They are to be seen in the Museum in Dublin. My father was at the finding of the skeleton. They got a great deal of money for the gold rings. My father was drunk for three

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