School: Inistioge (C.) (roll number 5319)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máire de Róiste
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 234
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- (continued from previous page)would gather round him. One day the Monks came up for a walk and they called at the old woman's door. She told him the history of the boy and they were surprised to hear how he came. So they took him to the Monastery and he became a Monk.
- After the rebellion of "98" three men came from New Ross by the Oldcoart road as that was the road at that time. They had a lot of money with them and they hid it on the Killcross road in seprate places. Soon after the elder died and left his share to the next eldest. In time to come he died and so all the money belonged to the younger. When he died nobody knew where the money was hidden but it was not found untill children going home from school found some of it. You can still see the hole(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Nixon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilcross, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Mr W. Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilcross, Co. Kilkenny
