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School: Moyvore

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Moyvore, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0742, Page 406

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    Glascorn and he challenged seven men to pull him in a tug-of-war but he defeated them. There was no man able to wrestle with him

    There was a monk in Tristernagh Abbey outside Ballynacargy who acted very bravely when the Cromwellian Soldiers were coming. He hid the sacred vessels in Lough Iron which is beside the abbey.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Coloe
    Gender
    Male
    Informant
    John Coloe
    Gender
    Male