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School: Dún Drongáin (B.) (roll number 7231)

Location:
Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teachers:
Diarmuid Ó Gormáin Labhrás Ó Gormáín
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  1. Tadhg Ó Meachair

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    Long, long ago Tadg O Meacair went to the battle of Aughrim on horse back. He went into the battle field and after a long time fighting his head got cut off. The horse left the battle field and found his way home to Drangan. When he reached the village he was recognised by the people who took him off his horse and buried him in the old church yard in Drangan and on his headstone is written Hic iacet Thaddeus I Meacair, which means here lies the body of Tadg O Meacair.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Michael Mc Garry
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Drangan, Co. Tipperary