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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0987, Page 059

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    “I will have to go back a considerable period to explain a short history of this district and surroundings...”

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    Notes:_
    There was a chapel in Skelpie which was thatched with broom. Place is still called "Church knowe".
    Captain Mansfield, leader of O'Donnell's army lived in a castle at Castlefin.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    “When King James was coming to Donegal he stopped at a forge to have his horse shod.”

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    When King James was coming to Donegal he stopped at a forge to have his horse shod.The stone on which this work was done, is to be seen on Dunraven Bridge near Castlederg in Co Tyrone. There is a house built on the site of the forge.
    (Told to me by the present occupier of this house - William Hemphell - in June 1938).
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    William Hemphell
    Gender
    Male