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School: Drumakill (roll number 6365)

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Droim na Coille, Co. Mhuineacháin
Teacher:
Florence Harrison
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0943, Page 021

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  1. Local Heroes - Red Hugh Mac Mahon

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    Another brave hero of this locality was Red Hugh Mac Mahon who was chief of Monaghan and owned the castle in the Belfast woods. After winning many battles against the English he was captured during Hugh O'Neill's campaign in Monaghan. He was hanged on a tree near his own fort and from the day of his death, the tree never had any leaves on it. In Summer we could see the tree from this side of the lake quite bare while the other ones around were green. Last Summer (1937) we failed to see it but one day our teacher went to see the old castle and saw the tree lying where the wind had upturned it. A man once tried to fell this tree but on cutting the bark found that blood oozed out. He went home frightened.
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. gníomhairí (~1)
      1. pearsana stairiúla (~5,068)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Harrison
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cnoc an Teampaill, Co. Mhuineacháin
    Informant
    Mr Bernard Coyle
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Sráid Eabhraic, Co. Mhuineacháin