School: Letterliegue (roll number 10424)

Location:
Letterleague, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Michael Moriarty
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    When Godfrey O'Donnell was lying wounded on his island, one of the O'Neills of Tyrone came to fight him. He gathered his army and went to meet O'Neill, as he was wounded his men carried him on a bier or strecher.
    The two armies met at a small hill near the town of Letterkenny beside where the golf course is at present. The two armies fought here and the place is now called Cnoc-An-Áir which means the Hill of the Slaughter.
    The Tir Connaill men won the battle at Cnoc-An-Áir, but when they were marching home again they discovered that their Chief was dead.
    They did not take the body home but they buried it behind the wall of a monastry which is situated a few miles from Letterkenny.
    The place is now a graveyard, and only one wall of the monastery is still standing and it is covered with ivy. This is the wall behind which O'Donnell is buried and his grave is covered by a large flat stone.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Liam Ó Roartaigh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rockhill, Co. Donegal
    Informant
    Denis Mc Dermot
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 45
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Church Hill, Co. Donegal