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School: Granard (B.) (Muire Gan Smál) (roll number 13963)

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León Mac Craith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0764, Page 221

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  1. Granard (continued)

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    Lord Forbes, in the Peerage of Scotland. Sir Arthur Knight, settled in Ireland in 1620, and was created a Baronet of Nova Scotia in 1628. He was called in a duel at Hamburg whither he had accompanied his regiment, of which he was Lieut.-Colonel, to assist the great Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and was succeeded by his son, Sir Arthur, who jealously maintained the Royal cause in Scotland, and at the Restoration was made a Privy Councillor of Ireland and Marshal of the Army. He was nominated one of the Lords Justices of Ireland in 1671, and again in 1673, when he was created Baron Clanshugh and Viscount Granard, and Earl of Granard in 1684. George, sixth Earl, was created a Peer of Great-Britain in 1806, by the title of Baron Granard of Castle-Donnington, in the county of Leicester. The seat of this Noble Family is Castle-Forbes, in the county of Longford near the village of Newtownforbes. Population of Granard in 1831, 2069.

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  2. The History of the Battle of Granard 1798

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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Victor Holohan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Bernard Finnan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    75
    Address
    Granard, Co. Longford