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Up to 1641 the Mac Mahons owend much land in this district.
Hugh Mac Mahon, the leader in the rebellion who was arrested in Dublin in 1641 lived in Coraghy, between the Monaghan road and the Rosslea Road. Owen Connolly, the man who betrayed Hugh and Maguire, was a foster brother of Hugh's. He was supposed to be an illegitimate son of a Mac Mahon.
"Mac Mahon's wall"— four feet in thickness was carted away for road metal.
Owney Mac Mahon, the contractor in Cara St is said to be a descendant of this Hugh Óg. Their graves are at the entrance of the Old Abbey.
Owen Connolly the traitor was found dead on a roadside Tyrone.

Cullogh (Cú Uladh) Mac Mahon lived at Rockfield Scotshouse. He owned ten townlands. He "reported" at the Protestant Church at Drumswords to retain his land. One daughter got married to a Protestant named Croul at Scotshouse, a second to Griffith of Laurel Hill, a forefather of

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Arthur Griffiths. Each of these girls got a townland from her father. This Cullogh had three sons, two of whom became bishops. These endowed in Paris a scholarship for Mac Mahons or their relatives. The third son Hugh lived where Maddon's back gate now stands. The narrator is a descendant of this Hugh.

A Cullogh Mac Mahon, a soldier, a daring man, whose father came from Clare lived in Corconnolly in the beginning of the 19th century. He wore a ["halfcastor" ?] decorated with white wool which gave him a prominent appearance.
Scotshouse Church was the first in the diocese after the penal laws, where the clergy use to meet. It was to be consecrated. The Colonel Maddon of Hilltown gave orders that the ceremony should not be held—that a bishop should not perform any ceremony out side the walls of the church.
Notwithstanding it was decided to proceed. A strange bishop—the bishop

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of Kilmore? attended. There was a very large congregation. Colonel Madden come to prevent an outside ceremony. He stood in front of the church at the right hand side of the altar meaning his high hat Cullogh Mac Mahon, the chief parishioner stood on the left hand side. The priest was saying mass when the solemn part was Cullogh drew a pistol levelled it at the Colonel and shouted "Take off your hat and kneel down or I'll shoot you." The Colonel at once obeyed, but some women near them fainted. After mass the Colonel retired leaving the clergymen free to perform any ceremony they wished.
Afterwards the Colonel was very friendly with Cullogh, who was one of his tenants. He admitted that he had been taught a very good lesson.

A Hugh Mac Mahon, after the 1641 rising lived at Lisnagore near Newbliss. He got permission to sell his lands. His son started the distillery at Annalore.