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School: Ballydurrow

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Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
S. Ó Hadarnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0998, Page 384

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    About the year 1860 there was a monster Land League meeting held on the hill of Cavan. The then sitting members of Parliament for Cavan County and the leaders of the Irish Parliamentary Party Joseph Biggar and Isaac Butt were present and persons flocked from far and near to the meeting. Some went even a distance of fifty miles to it. There were no bicycles or motors then and most people had to walk. The meeting was held on a bleak cold November day. A number of men named Keogans, Carrolls, Lynch's, Mulvanys, Glennons and many others in Munterconnaught attended 10 o'clock Mass in Munterconnaught chapel and after their dinner proceeded on foot to the town of Cavan reaching there about 2 p.m. They travelled the distance of 17 Irish miles in
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Philomena Smith
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rahard, Co. Meath
    Informant
    John Hetherton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballaghdorragh, Co. Cavan