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School: Derrydamph

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Derrydamph, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Lundy
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1016, Page 138

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    that is was probably a place where the women folk went to wash the clothes with a beetle as this was a common practice in these parts in olden times.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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  2. Old Graves

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    There are two mounds of earth shaped like graves at the bottom of Mr William WIlson's field beside Skeagh lake.
    It is said in this district that these mounds are the burying place of two friars who swam across the lake when Skeagh Castle was beseiged by Cromwell's soldiers.
    The Friars were then captured and killed and their bodies are supposed to be buried on this spot.
    This plot of ground at the bottom of the field is never tilled now adays.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    M. Lundie
    Collector
    Nancy Wilson
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Mr Mc Caffery
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Skeagh, Co. Cavan