School: Clochar Lughaidh, Carraig Machaire Rois (roll number 15329)

Location:
Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Sr. Máire
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  1. There is a rock not far from Carrickmacross called "The Wild Goose Lodge". It is said that there was a hiding place under this rock where "The Earls of Ulster who were called Wild Geese, took shelter when flying to France
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
        1. Theobald Wolfe Tone (~5)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. Battle of the Boyne (~13)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr Peter Connolly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mullylusty, Co. Monaghan
  2. Wolfe Tone
    When Wolfe Tone was being taken prisoner to Dublin he passed close to Carrickmacross. There is a meadow close to the town where men were drilled who fought at the Boyne and Aughrim. The great John O Donovan who visited Carrick in 1835 declared that the inhabitants were as Irish then as in the days of Owen Roe O'Neill
    At Lough afooka (Loch a' Phúca)
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr O' Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan