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   build it if they would let him try. The prison officials protested at first, but Walker had his own way and he built the bridge, which was afterwards known as "Walker Bridge". He was released from prison for this good act.
   During his time in prison a detective came into his cell dressed up as a convict. The detective asked him what he was in prison for. Walker told him that he was in for coining. The detective told him that he was in for coining also. They had a long talk and when the detective was ready to go, William Walker told him that he was getting out of prison in a few days, and he gave him his address and told him to call and see him sometime when he was passing that way. So they parted.
   Sometime later the detective called at Walker's house. They drank some wine. The detective pretended to drink the wine but when Walker wasn't looking he spilled it under the table. Soon Walker was losing his senses through the effects of the drinks. He took the detective to his coining-chamber and made a coin to show him how he did it.
   A few hours after this the detective pretended he was going down to the town for more wine. But he came back with a crowd of police who arrested the amazed William Walker. He was put in prison where he died sometime later.
   The house is still to be seen in the outskirts of Stranorlar and so is the kiln which has the initials "W.W. 1828 inscribed on one of its stones. There is a

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. activities
      1. economic activities
         1. trades and crafts (~4,680)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen Rowan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stranorlar, Co. Donegal

   Informant

   Mrs E. Rowan

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Stranorlar, Co. Donegal