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faction When all this blew over, then he [Colclough] begins again about the Irish faction fights on the Barrens, when General Finn stripped to fight General Muldowney for the honour of Waterford against the "Yallow bellies" of Wexford. These / fights were simply for "divarsion";...

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Summary:faction When all this blew over, then he [Colclough] begins again about the Irish faction fights on the Barrens, when General Finn stripped to fight General Muldowney for the honour of Waterford against the "Yallow bellies" of Wexford. These / fights were simply for "divarsion"; the town was dull after the fishery was finished; there were no politics or House of Assembly, no police office, no theatres, not even a bazaar; , what could an Irish boy do in those times without a bit of lively fun? SEP 5 1978 DNE-cit [-]402[-] Used I Used I Not used