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| | Ballyshannon Town, Co. Donegal, Ireland, Lewis, 1837 description ©Jane Lyons |
 | | In remote ages this town was called 'Athseanaigh', and the chieftains of Tyrconnell had a castle, here in which Hugh O'Donnell, prince of Tyrconnell, received his son, Hugh Roe (Red Hugh), after his escape from the castle of Dublin, in 1592. |
 | | An English force, consisting of 22 regiments of infantry and 10 of cavalry, under the command of Sir Conyers Clifford, crossed the Erne by a ford, although vigorously opposed by O'Donnell's troops, and succeeded in establishing their head quarters at the monastery of Asharouagh. |
 | | Here they received heavy ordnance from Galway by sea, and laid close siege to the castle of Ballyshannon, but met with an unexpectedly strong resistance, and many of their best officers to and men were killed or wounded. |
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