ballaghboy

Updated: May 6, 2025

Here, in the strong pass of Ballaghboy, O'Donnell with the main body of his followers awaited their approach. O'Ruarc and the men of Breffni joined him during the battle, but their entire force is nowhere stated. It was the eve of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and the first anniversary of the great victory of the Yellow Ford.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee - A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics — Complete

Here, in the strong pass of Ballaghboy, O'Donnell with the main body of his followers awaited their approach. O'Ruarc and the men of Breffni joined him during the battle, but their entire force is nowhere stated. It was the eve of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin, and the first anniversary of the great victory of the Yellow Ford.

Thomas D'Arcy McGee - A Popular History of Ireland : from the Earliest Period to the Emancipation of the Catholics - Volume 2