School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)
- Location:
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Bruadair
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- There are the ruins of a castle in a field owned by Mr John Buttler Ballyadams; parish of Ballyadams; Laoighis. It was built by one of the OMores in the reign of King John. It has been direlict now for about two hundred years.
It was besieged during the insurrection of 1641 by lord Castle haven; King James's General Sir John Bowen was then in possession of the Castle. He said that if the besiegers did not retire he would bring out his wife and sister-in-law in arm-chairs and that he would,(continues on next page) - There is a well in the town land of Riverstown; parish of Monasterevan, Co Kildare. There is a wall(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig O Bruadair
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyadams, Co. Laois
