Letters to the Editor: Links between Marengo and Rebel County are not ‘just folklore’
Bred in Wexford, Marengo is said to have been brought by train to Glencairn station and by road to Bartlemy.
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LIMITED OFFEROn Monday’s letters page, Jerry O’Neill dismissed any possible link between Napoleon’s horse Marengo and Co Cork as "such nonsense".
Everyone is entitled to his opinion and let me express the long-held opinion of the humble folk of Bartlemy.
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