School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 142
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- (continued from previous page)could not get one of the rings off the woman's finger so they decided to file it off. When it was nearly off the filed the finger and the woman woke up. The two lads ran. When the woman saw where she was she fainted and died. The next morning the doctor proved that she was dead so they put back the clay and left the body in peace.
- When the O'Brennan's owned the district that Wandesford ownes now they were living in a small castle in the Demense in 'Comer. Robert Wandesforde came down on the castle and knocked it. But the people in it escaped through a tunnel.
- Collector
- Joseph Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
