School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)
- Location:
- An Príosún Thoir, Co. Mhaigh Eo
- Teacher: Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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- (continued from previous page)also a portion of the walls still in existence. When in full repair it had all the appearance of a dungeon. There were no windows in the lower walls. There were eight windows on the upper storeys.
The female prisoners were housed up-stairs and there too the keepers and officers of the jail dwelt. The under portion was always in complete darkness.
There is a little stream flowing quite near the site of the jail. From this stream the prisoners had to pump water for the use of the house. It was in that prison the first thread mill was worked.
The governor of this jail was Toby Bourke-better know by the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary A. O' Doherty
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patsy Ausboro
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 84
- Address
- An Tamhnach Mhór, Co. Mhaigh Eo
