School: Timahoe (roll number 14486)
- Location:
- Timahoe, Co. Laois
- Teacher: R. O' Byrne
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- XML “The Burial of Cosby”
- XML “The Moat - Timogue Stradbally”
- XML “Tobar Ding”
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- At Timogue there is a moud called the Moat. It belonged to Cosby. The orphans from the Stradbally Convent School were in the habit of coming out daily for years to play on it.
In order to stop this Cosby got it planted with trees and then forbade them play on it.
The trees never grew although they were planted many times.; even still the place is bare. - About half a mile from where I live is a large tract of land known as The Bottoms.
It is owned by a man named Mr. Leech. In the middle of this Bottoms is a well known as Tobar-Ding.
We are told that it is bottomless. The well is partly covered.(continues on next page)