School: Dalkey (Loreto Convent)
- Location:
- Dalkey, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: Mother Evangeline
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- On Bullock Road stands the old ruin of Bullock Castle. It is made of granite and stands there for hundreds of years. On one side of it there is a face of a nun engraved on the granite. As all of the ruins in Dalkey have legends attached to them, this also has one.
It is said that when the Danes were plundering Ireland they plundered this castle. They killed many of the nuns who lived there at time. Their method of killing these nuns was very gruesome. They had long sharp swords with(continues on next page)- Collector
- Joan Kelly
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Church Road, Co. Dublin
- Informant
- Mr Kelly
- Relation
- Unknown
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 35
- Address
- Church Road, Co. Dublin