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School: St Brigid's Convent, Mountrath (roll number 13343)

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Mountrath, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Sr. Aquinas
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 175

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  1. The Knights of the Round Table of Ossory

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    As a child of nine Mr. McDermott, Woodbrook, Mountrath, witnessed the following argument between two men at his father's fireside. One man named Fitzpatrick boasted that he was descended from "The Knights of the Round Table of Ossory". The other man in order to humble the pride of Fitzpatrick said "Do you know the origin of "The Knights of the Round Table of Ossory"? Thereupon he told the following story.
    When Brian Boru's men were marching homewards to Munster after the battle of Clontarf, they passed throught the "Plain of Ossory". They found themselves barred at Gortnaclea Castle by a hostile chief, Mac Gilla Patrick, Lord of Ossory, and had to make a circuitous route home by Cashel.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maura Patterson
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Mountrath, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr William Mac Dermott
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Woodbrook, Co. Laois