School: Convent of Mercy, Buncrana (roll number 16632)
- Location:
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Sr Mary Josephine
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1111, Page 185
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- The house in which we are now living in is built on the site as the Mountilly barracks were long ago .
It was the English barracks during the 98 rebellion and Wolfe Tone was taken there as a prisoner
It was there also that Colonel Vaughnan got word of Father Hagarty . There were no such things as windows in the house and only one door.
When this old house was being tumbled down there was a man seen in one of the walls , mounted on a white horse armed as if he were for war.
After the English left it, the people went and fixed it for living in . There were eight houses in the one for on top and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary C. Grant
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Buncrana, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Grant
- Gender
- Male
