School: Kilmuckridge
- Location:
- Kilmuckridge, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: L. Mac Donnell
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0887, Page 193
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- Narrator: J. Carberry, Litterbeg
"Hawtrey White" stories in this area are quite common, maybe because he had the reputation of being a bold bad man in the troubled period of '98.He lived in a house at a place called Peppard's Castle about a mile and half from here.He was "Priest Hunter" No 1 of this district and evidently has earned for himself undying ill fame in that respect. He is supposed to have shot a man near his own avenue, thrown him into a marl hole, so that his ghost would keep guard over a box containing treasure (probably loot) that he was putting(continues on next page)
- Informant
- J. Carberry
- Gender
- Unknown
- Age
- 70
- Address
- Litter Beg, Co. Wexford
