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School: Moate or Moyvoughley (?)

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0745, Page 150

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    Tinnamuck is situated some miles from Moate. There is a Spire situated in it, and the people of that district believe that there was a battle field situated there also. It is said that Cromwell made use of that spire in time of war. It was rebuilt by a man named Holmes.
    There is a bog near that place and the local inhabitants believe that it was in that bog that the English soldiers were buried alive.
    About five years ago a sword was found in this bog, on which was a stamp of a bugle and thistle.
    In a house near the neighbourhood of the battle field, there was a recintly found in a hollow place in the wall, a heap of bones and the barrel of an old Fenian
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Daisy Lynam
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Móta, Co. na hIarmhí