On another occasion a chief challenged him to fight and the combat took place outside the Tigh Mór. The stranger was gaining the day when a maid servant who had been churning rushed out and dashed his brains out with a blow of her churn dash. They threw the stranger's body off the cliff.
At one time Robin owned vast stretches of land from Ross to Kilkee. He and his six sons used to ride out once a year from Ross to Kilkee to view his possessions. All the sons went to the French wars and were killed. Afterwards Robin used to ride to the top of Moyarta Hill on a stormy day
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