School: Páirc an Chuilinn (Hollygrove) (roll number 15138)

Location:
Hollygrove, Co. Galway
Teacher:
Pádhraic Mac Gleannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0046, Page 0381

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  1. Robert Ormsly at Tobberavaddy between Creggs and Arhleague. He was a cruel and callous tyrant and was known to the people of his time as "Riobárd na Gligernach" because of the rattling armour he used to wear. As a persecutor of Catholics he was notorius and he had several people put to to death for the faith.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Cunniffe
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway
    Informant
    John Cunniffe
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Coalpits, Co. Galway