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School: Lusmagh

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Gortarevan, Co. Offaly
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T. Ó Floinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0814, Page 113

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    The name Lusmagh is spelled Losmagh in "The Life and Past Times of the O'Kelly's of Hymany.
    There is a local legend connected with the name: A great battle was fought in North Moytura a couple of hundred years before the time of Christ. The defeated army retired to this district with their wounded. they built water tanks, filled them with water, and plucked the herbs from this ground, and steeped them in the water. Having done this they bathed their wounded
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Lusmagh, Co. Offaly
    Collector
    May Shiels
    Gender
    Female