The Breahig Dugout Escape – A Century  Ago Today

The Breahig Dugout Escape – A Century Ago Today

There are many stories about the 1916 Rising and the War of Independence and, around Castleisland, the most remarkable is the one about the Breahig Dugout. Breahig is a townland of the Cordal district where the tight knitted community worked together in tough times. By Éamonn Ó Braoin There was always a tradition of freedom…