School: Lucan (B.)
- Location:
- Lucan, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: M. Mac Rois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 259
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- In a field near Lucan and on the north side of it, there is a place which was the scene of constant strife in the Penal Days; in the same place there is a large stone called "the hanging stone", which was used for hanging in the days of Lord Carhampton.
A fight took place there between a small body of Carthampton's troops under a man named Teeling and about sixty Irishmen. In the strife about forty Irishmen were wounded and the others fled. Teeling ordered that the men(continues on next page)
