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Loud blares the trumpet, the field is set. Loud blares the trumpet, the foe men are met. Steep slopes the hill, at
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386:The battle
334:Muine Mheá
320:Gaelicised
246:newspapers
192:Background
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77:and allies
1350:Attacotti
1325:Milesians
1294:MĂłin MhĂłr
990:Flannagan
980:MacConroy
916:O'Tubridy
881:MacNamara
877:O'Killeen
843:MacDurkin
838:MacClancy
831:UĂ Caisin
817:O'Scanlan
789:O'Kennedy
754:O'Brennan
726:MacArthur
716:O'Kearney
318:, though
178:Uà Mháine
1429:Category
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1279:Glenmama
1269:Clontarf
1032:O'Phelan
937:MacBrody
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891:O'Neilan
868:O'Hickey
822:O'Twomey
813:O'Quirke
804:O'Reagan
799:O'Noonan
779:O'Hurley
769:O'Crotty
744:MacMahon
736:MacGrath
711:MacGlynn
694:O'Boland
683:UĂ Bloid
512:25535786
425:See also
300:Connacht
182:the Pale
174:Ui Maine
122:c. 1,000
119:c. 1,500
109:c. 6,000
106:c. 4,000
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41:Location
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1360:Munster
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1299:Sulcoit
1252:Battles
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995:Fenelon
975:Faherty
967:Delbhna
952:O'Quinn
911:Torrens
901:O'Grady
794:O'Meara
774:O'Hogan
764:O'Casey
759:O'Brien
706:Eustace
451:Lackagh
393:Thomond
338:Gallach
260:scholar
138:Leacach
136:(Irish
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46:Lackagh
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906:Stoney
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809:Power
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461:ISBN
316:Pale
239:news
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