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AN HISTORIC FIND.
SWORD THAT WAS PROVED A sword with a basket hilt of gold 2ft. 6in. long and weighing lib lloz., has been discovered in a sand pit at Ballinamuck, Longford, It is supposed to be the weapon of an Plnglisli officer, wno took part In the fighting between the English and Irish forces two centuries ago. A gold stamp, encircled by a halfmoon, adorns the blade, on which the word “Proved” is engraved near the hilt.
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Waipawa Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue 86, 13 April 1927, Page 1 (Supplement)
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78AN HISTORIC FIND. Waipawa Mail, Volume XLVIII, Issue 86, 13 April 1927, Page 1 (Supplement)
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