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1. The Flower of Lough Sheelin

   

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   A verse from the "The Flower of Lough Sheelin."
   Had I the wealth of all England,
   I'd forfeit it all on that day.
   And all for the Flower of Lough Sheelin,
   The lovely sweet maid of Finea.

   

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2. Wakes

   

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   A game played about seventy years ago at some wakes about Canningstown was as follows : - The company sat round closely in a ring on the floor one of the party being in the centre ; an article was then passed round the ring under the legs of the players and the person in the centre tried to discover it.

   

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3. Cromwell at Muff

   

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   When Cromwell came to take Muff Castle he shelled it fourteen days, failing to make a breach in the walls. A man named Dogherty then told where there was a keystone, and when this stone was fired at, a breach was made and the castle taken. As a reward for his services Dogherty got the townland of Corravillis. All the castles of Ireland were knocked down by Cromwell except the castle of Gormanstown.

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
         1. Cromwell (~315)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   S Dogherty

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Collector

   Thomas J. Barron

   Gender

   Male

   Occupation

   Teacher

   Informant

   Thomas J.