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School: Oldcastle (C.) (roll number 12489)

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Oldcastle, Co. Meath
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Máire D. Ní Nialláin
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  1. The Murder of Cloneyfad

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    In the year 1868 there occurred at Cloneyfad a murder in which a man named Brian Cumisky was killed. The following poem is referring to the murder. In the Spot in which the murder took place the people evicted a cross in memory of him. The cross some years afterwards taken down and brought to Belturbet where it is at present.
    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
    Informant
    Mr Pat Gibney
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Drumlerry, Co. Meath