School: Munlough

Location:
Mionlach Thuaidh, Co. an Chabháin
Teacher:
D. Brady
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0964, Page 174

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    called the Ruadhcoins. They killed Conall at Ballyconnell. He was buried at Ballyheady. That is how Ballyconnell got it's name. A few years ago a skeleton was found at Ballyheady the people said that it was the bones of Conall Cernach. Ballyconnell was at first called Ath na Mianna. Conalls son was called Miamn. He engineered the building of thr Black Pig Dyke was made to help the Connacht men from coming into Ulster. At that time Connacht was the strongest of the four provinces.
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