School: St John's Monastery, Ballaghderreen (roll number 13709)

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   246 (23) Ciurt Crenan Townland: Crenan Barony; Costello County: Roscommon Related By: Dominick Doherty Crenan, Ballaghadereen Age: 51 years He heard it from: His father James Doherty Address: Same as above Written By: Michael Cryan Ballaghadereen Age:- 13 years I ws told it was built in the 16th century by a landlord named Costello as a residence for himself. The building was finished but it was never roofed. (I am enclosing a little picture for you to see what it looks like). The building was complete and about to be roofed when one day Costello was out for a walk. He was met by Lord Dillon's bodyguard and killed on a little bridge called "Toby's Ford". So the building was never roofed. There were four great chimneys, two great walls and a big cellar. Two of the chimneys were thrown but the "big wind" on the night of January 6th 1838 and the two you see in the picture are the two that remained. One of these was thrown by the wind on the 29th of November 1929 and the last one fell on the 10th of January 1931. Some of the

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   Language

   English

   Location

   Crunaun, Co. Roscommon

   Collector

   Michael Cryan

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   13

   Address

   Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   Dominick Doherty

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   51

   Address

   Crunaun, Co. Roscommon

   Informant

   James Doherty

   Gender

   Male