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School: Athy (Christian Bros.) (roll number 16705)

Location:
Athy, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Br. Ó Fiacha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0782, Page 063

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    Athy abounds in historical legend and has many ancient buildings strange that this no local history availed to tell us of the truth or otherwise of a lot of the local legends that we hear from time to time.
    What interests me is a story about a tunnel. I have heard it told that there is a tunnel right under the Barrow and that it connects up Whites Castle and Woodstock Castle. The story goes that when men were digging near the courthouse Athy they discovered a tunnel and at the point of discovery the tunnel was going under the Barrow and was leading from Whites Castle. They saw locally that it was used for escape in the time
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Wall
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athy, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    Luke Wall
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Athy, Co. Kildare