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School: Glendalough

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0917, Page 384

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    Michal Dwyer was born in Glen Imaal, he was a noted hero of 98, he had many narrow escapes and he fought for four or five years and hid about the hills and sheltered in the houses about the place.
    One night he went into a house and asked the people to let him stay for the night and they said they wouldnt because they were afraid the house would be burned. They knew the yeos were about, he went out and they didnt know where he was gone.
    He went to a pig house and
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maighréad Ní Bhroin
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Trooperstown, Co. Wicklow
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Broin
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    68
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Trooperstown, Co. Wicklow