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    sighted by the English. He took refuge behind the solitary holly bush growing there and one of the Yoes said to his men "He is there behind that holly bush, but immediately a holly forest sprang up; thus baffling the English soldiers. Hence the name Hollymount.
    Rose A. Guihen,
    Cartron Beg,
    Loch Allen,
    Ck-on-Shannon
    From:-
    John Flynn (aged 77 years)
    Ardlougher
    Loch Allen
    Ck-on-Shannon
    28th March 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Slieve Anierin, Co. Leitrim
    Collector
    Rose A. Guihen
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cartron Beg, Co. Roscommon
    Informant
    John Flynn
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    77
    Address
    Ardlougher, Co. Roscommon