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School: Ballycumber (B.), St Ciaran's

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Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
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G. Ó Súilleabháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0811, Page 049

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    The O Coughlan or Maw Coughlan
    Where Ballycumber now stands (at present occupied by Mr. M Cantwell) on the banks of the Brosna there lived in a castle about the year 1649 or 1650 a chieftain of Offaly named O Coughlan. When Cromwell came to Ireland needless to say the Irish espoused the cause of the illfated Charles Stuart. A party of puritan cavalry were passing by through the locality where Ballycumber now stands. There were billeted and treated with hospitality by the chieftain of the castle. O Coughlan accompanied them a part of the way when they were proceeding in the direction of Clonmacnoise a historic place about seven miles from Ballycumber, were a party of Confederates amongst them
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Joseph Horan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly
    Informant
    Mr Patrick Flanagan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    40
    Address
    Ballycumber, Co. Offaly