School: Tisaran
- Location:
- Moystown Demesne, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: M. Ní Éireamhóin
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- (continued from previous page)This castle was also prominent during Elizabeth's time, as coins and swords of that period with skeletons have been dug up. In 1803 some workmen employed in the barracks discovered a cave in which was a slab covering a sort of coffin containing the bones of two persons. An inscription on the slab reads:-
"Here lays Elizabeth and Mary Bullyn daughters of Thomas Bullyn son of George Bullyn, son of George Bullyn, Viscount Rochford, son of Sir Thomas Bullyn, Erle of Ormont and Willsheere."
These were 2nd cousins of Queen Elizabeth, being related to Anne Boleyn.
This castle was almost intact up to a few years ago when the British soldiers pulled down parts of it to prevent the Sinn Feiners attacking them from it, as several shots were fired at the guards from there. Up to a few years ago one could go up to the very top of the castle by a narrow winding stone stairway. Right over the entrance to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Domhnaill Mac Cioráin
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Moystown Demesne, Co. Offaly
