Sword -Claidheamh

Heavy Iron shaft, 16", with curved handle, 5": Length, including handle, 21"

Offensive weapon: Believed to have been used in the rebellion of 1798 by a member of the Mangan family of Castlebar.

Presented to Fr. Jack O Neill, by his Martin relatives. Fr. O Neill in turn presented it to his cousin, the late Bishop Philbin who donated it to the Museum in 1989.

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