School: Camross, Mountrath (roll number 15933)
- Location:
- Camross, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Heifearnáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0827, Page 048
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“Long ago there was an old man living in a little hut near Glencondra.”
(continued from previous page)day they came to this house and asked this man for his money so the man said he would not give it so they said we will kill you if you don’t give it.After a few minutes they got out the man and set fire to the house so when the house was in blazes they caught the man and shoved him into the house and locked the door.Then they went away so the house burnt for about three days. The house was afterwards called the “house of(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Matthew Collier
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Carrowreagh, Co. Laois