Scoil: St Patrick's, Aughnacliffe (uimhir rolla 13283)

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1. The Night Before The Battle of Ballinamuck

   

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   The night before the battle of Ballinamuck. The combined forces of Irish and French camped outside Tubberpatrick Grave yard, They were then on their way to Granard Camp. Fires were lighted and the soldiers were merry. French and Irish songs were sung, and Cheers resounded to the toast of the Shamrock and the Lily. When making graves in those days the bones that were taken up were not Re-interred, but instead were placed on top of the new grave. That fatal night. The French men Collected the bleached bones from the Tubber Patrick grave yard and used them for fuel in their Camp fires. The Ballinamuck men. Resented this act and for a time feeling ran high around the Camp. And the Irish men who saw this work carried on said that nothing any good would come out of it. While all this was going on the soldiers knowing they were in a friendly district, little dreamed of Treachery. A

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   Stair Athraigh

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   John F. Mulligan

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   John Reilly

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   An Ráth Mór, Co. an Longfoirt