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School: Tamhnach tSeiscinn (roll number 12778)

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Tawnytaskin, Co. Roscommon
Teacher:
Aibhistín Ó Tárpaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0234, Page 220

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    Ballindoon Abbey
    I received the following story from my grandmother Mrs Mary McDermott of Doon.
    When Ballindoon Abbey was going to be blown up by Cromwell's men, one man from the district said he would do his best to defend it and took his gun. When he was going up to the Abbey his old mother gave him an advice. This was the advice, she gave him, "When the soldier comes aim at his feet". When the soldier came he had a steel helmet on his head. When he came to the place from which he was going to fire from he lifted up the helmet to see the spot at which he would fire. The man on the Abbey aimed at his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mrs Mary Mc Dermott
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Doon, Co. Roscommon