1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Tinnahinch, Mountmellick

School: Tinnahinch, Mountmellick (roll number 9892)

Location:
Tinnahinch, Co. Laois
Teacher:
S. Ní Bhradáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 020

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0825, Page 020

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Tinnahinch, Mountmellick
  2. XML Page 020
  3. XML “The Robber's Den”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. The Robber's Den

    Share Share Post
    The Robber's Den is situated at a place called the cave in the Slieve Bloom mountains,about five miles from Clonaslee. At the place where this Den is, there is a round ring of stones and an opening in the centre. There is a cave underneath with stone stairs leading down to it. This cave or Den was used by a gang of robbers many years ago as a place of hiding. After going about the country stealing and robbing, they retreated back to this Den with their loot. Some years ago a man named Mr,Meehan, hearing so many tales of
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    The Cut, Co. Laois
    Collector
    Eileen Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clarahill, Co. Laois
    Informant
    Mr Pat Hogan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathcoffey, Co. Laois