School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 112
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- “The Battle of the Finn” by Capt. P.J. McGoldrick as told to him by his father.
The territory of Magh Ith which was originally the mensal land of a branch of the Cineál Owen, the Roy damhnas of Aileach represented all the visible land, toward the South from the hill immediately about Raphoe. These lands passed to the Cineál Conell and was always a bone of contention between them.Hugh O Neill raided Magh Itha from the direction of Ardstraw on one occasion, his objective being Raphoe. The main part of his army crossed the Finn opposite Carricklee; two other sections crossed through the Alt district where they separated, one headed for Castlefin, the other moving by Cornashesk and Edenohill to cross the river at Killygordon. The centre section at Castlefin encountered O Donnell where a bloody battle took place resulting in the victory of O Neill.
- Collector
- Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
- Informant
- Captain P.J. Mc Goldrick
- Relation
- Not a relative
- Gender
- Male
- The native Irish were in possession of this valley (before the general confiscations after the Nine Years War) from Welchstown to Strabane. They fled before the arrival of the planters(continues on next page)
