School: Edenagully
- Location:
- Edennagully, Co. Cavan
- Teachers: S. Ó Cléirigh C. Ó Baoighealláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 211
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- (continued from previous page)many faction fights at Muff but no lawsuits. The beaten party would prepare for the next fair and settle accounts with their assailants of the year before.
There is a Roman Catholic church and a national school at Muff. There was a licened public house at Muff crossroad until about thirty years ago. The County Council are now taking road material from the rock of Muff.
- There was a splendid castle in a field adjacent to the rock. It was almost demolished by Cromwell and people say that before his coming a bullock's skin was filled with gold and thrown into Muff lake. Cromwell set his guns and cannon on the Loughanlea mountain. He for many days poured in shot upon it but it was of no avail.
Then he bribed a man named Welsh who lived in the vicinity to show him the keystone. Welsh tied a white paper on the keystone so Cromwell had then no delay in knocking it down. A portion of the castle remained standing until about fifteen years ago when it was taken down and a ball alley built with the stones at Kingscourt. The man who owned the castle was named Fleming a brother to Robert Fleming who owned Cabra Castle.
