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School: Ráth Dairbhe (roll number 10001)

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Radeerpark, Co. Monaghan
Teacher:
Henry Mc Kenna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0950, Page 437

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    Bridge.
    The Catholics were carrying his coffin on their shoulders to bury him in the old Round Tower graveyard, Clones, when they were met, there, by a band of Orangemen, led by a man named Burke.
    A fierce fight took place and the result was that the Protestants conquered, took the corpse and buried it in a Protestent burial-ground.
    Peter McDonnell
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    Susan Mc Donnell
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    42
    Occupation
    Farmer's wife
    Address
    Ellinure, Co. Monaghan