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Extract from the Mohill Travel Guides:
About six miles east of Drumsna lies
MOHILL
, a trim, busy village reached by turning off the main road south of Drumsna. A sculpture on the main street commemorates its most famous son,
Turlough O'Carolan
(1670-1738), the blind harpist and composer. The last of the court bards, he lived by travelling round the chieftains' households playing his new compositions. He was also reputed to have been as great with the whiskey bottle as he was on the harp; it's said that on his deathbed he asked for a cup of the stuff, and finding that he hadn't the strength to drink it, touched the cup with his lip, saying that two old ma...
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