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GSSA
The 1820 Settler Correspondence
 as preserved in the National Archives, Kew
 and edited by Sue Mackay

Muine Bheag, Rural Scene

Muine Bheag, Rural Scene
30th September 2023
Sue Mackay

A rural scene at Muine Bheag (English name Bagenalstown), visited by John MONTGOMERY on his solo journey to Cork. In his reminiscences he wrote: "I travelled all day to a place called the Royal Oak, but BUTLER’s baggage had not passed that way, which I ascertained on entering a carman’s inn, where an old lady – a jolly, fine-looking woman – requested me to warm myself by the fire, while she put many questions to me. The evening was closing in, the weather threatening, and I was anxious to retrace my steps to the next town Munubeg [recte Muine Bheag], 1½ miles distant."
Photo by Sue Mackay.

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