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Black Francis McHugh. Black Francis McHugh, also known as " Proinsías Dubh ", [1] was a notorious highwayman, or Rapparee, who 'robbed the rich to give to the poor' at the end of the 18th century. His origins lay in Meencloghore ( County Tyrone ). [1] [2]
May 2, 2023 · May 02, 2023. Francis McHugh or ‘Black Francis’: A gentleman highwayman and folk hero of Ulster. Getty. The story of Francis McHugh, a man dispossessed of his property during the Ulster ...
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Apr 20, 2022 · Francis McHugh was born about five miles from the little village of Pettigo, on the border of Donegal and Fermanagh. It is in the townland of Cloghure, in the parish of Termonamangan. He got the nickname ‘dubh’ meaning black, from his jet-black hair. The McHugh’s were small lease-hold farmers, having lost their land during the Plantation.
Prionsias Dubh McHugh, alias Black Francis Dubh or Black Frank, was a 'rapparee', or gentleman highwayman, who flourished in the second half of the 18th century His place of birth was just ten miles from Carne, in Meencloghore (Cloghore), county Tyrone, and his hideouts lay in the Scraghy Hills (Tievemore Mountains) around Templecarne townland.
- County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
- May 1, 1780
Black Francis McHugh, also known as "Proinsias Dubh", was a notorious highwayman, or Rapparee, who 'robbed the rich to give to the poor' at the end of the 18th century. His origins lay in Meencloghore which borders on the Irish counties of Tyrone, Fermanagh and Donegal.
Francis McHugh was born about five miles from the little village of Pettigo, on the border of Donegal and Fermanagh. He is more commonly known as Black Francis - the outlaw of Fermanagh and Donegal....
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Francis McHugh was born about five miles from the little village of Pettigo, on the border of Donegal and Fermanagh. He is more commonly known as Black Francis - the outlaw of Fermanagh and Donegal....
