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School: Greaghagarran

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1014, Page 299

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  1. The Penal Times

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    In the days of Lady Lisgar who resided in the castle, now in ruins, at Bailieboro, a most cruel deed was committed by her orders. A young Catholic boy 14 years old, was walking around the demesne one day. He casually and unthinkingly pulled a branch off of a tree there. Lady Lisgar caught him doing so, and ordered him to be hanged, there and then on the tree. Her orders were obeyed immediately. This is a true tale. The tree can still be seen and it is the same at all seasons. It never bore a leaf since that occurrence and is quite black and sapless. It is also true that a lark never sang over the place since. This boy was the only son of a widow woman.
    In the adjoining parish of Killinkere, not far from Grousehall old barrack, Mass was celebrated in the olden times in the Cornamadda Rocks. Here there sprang up a well to which people go from far and near, as the waters
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Carolan
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Greaghagarran, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    Mary Kelly
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    14
    Address
    Greaghagarran, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    May Cusack
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    12
    Address
    Greaghagarran, Co. Cavan
    Collector
    T. Mc Cabe
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Greaghagarran, Co. Cavan