School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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- My about 4 miles to the south of Rathdowney there is castle called Clonburren abut which the following story is told. One night Strongbow invited the prince of Ossory to a feast in Clonburren castle. He sent a man named Prendergast to invite him. When the prince came he was treated very kindly but Strongbow was planning to kill him. When Prendergast heard of the plot he rushed into the castle and said he would kill the first one that would touch the prince. Then he brought him home to his father who lived in Granstown castle. Granstown is about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Joe Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Middlemount, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr John Bolger
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Middlemount, Co. Laois