School: Ballymackney (roll number 5501)
- Location:
- Ballymackney, Co. Monaghan
- Teacher: P. Ó Conghaile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0933, Page 191
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- Heres a true story of the Fenian times. A man named the Geough Mór was out drilling one night at Ballyhelly and he lived at Drumacavoy in a place called Glan. He took a short-cut coming home and coming through Hiltybegs he encountered Filgate who was then the owner of that estate. He was a noted tyrant. He ordered him to return but he refused and Filgate who was in possession of a gun threatened to shoot him but Geough who was unarmed closed in with him and disarmed him and broke the gun and went his way. So Filgate who was a man of authority in the country gathered all the yeoman he had under his command and proceeded to arrest the "Geough" but the Geough armed only with a pitchfork and in his shirt and trousers took up position inside his cabin and defended himself heroically against the strongly armed yeos. It was on a Sunday and the people coming from Drumcatton mass got news of geough Mór means big Mc Geough of what was happening and they(continues on next page)
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- Leo Campbell
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- Age
- 13
