Tag: Battle of Newtownbutler
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A Trannish Island Mystery
Most of us know, like an article of faith, the tune and chorus by heart. It is old, but it is beautiful, and its colours they are fine, It was worn at Derry, Aughrim, Enniskillen and the Boyne. My father wore it as a youth in bygone days of yore, And on the Twelfth, I love to wear…
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A Battle of Everywhere and Nowhere
Ideas of heritage and culture are born out of meanings we attach to landscapes, events, sites, and monuments. The Battle of Newtownbutler (31st July 1689) is one such event that occurred within the drowned drumlin landscape of Upper Lough Erne. Coming near the end of a merciless century in which up to half a million died…