School: Fothar (roll number 16903)

Location:
Faugher, Co. Donegal
Teacher:
Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1077, Page 126

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captured O'Boyle and brought him to the Castle. A few days after, they murdered him. When Mulmurrough's daughter heard that her lover was dead, she leaped from the tower to the ground, and a few days after, she too was buried in the graveyard of Doe Castle.

There are a few castles in this parish and their names are Wray Castle and Doe Castle. Wray Castle is in Faugher and Doe Castle in is Doepoint. Doe Castle belonged to the McSweeneys and the McGinley chieftains were the last to live

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Collector
Bridget Lafferty
Gender
female
Address
Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
Informant
G. Lafferty
Gender
unknown
Age
38
Address
Knocknafaugher, Co. Donegal
Language
English