School: Foxrock, Ballacolla (roll number 15562)
- Location:
- Clogh, Co. Laois
- Teacher: M. Bevans
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0830, Page 028
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- Granstown castle is situated in the townland of Granstown. It is a round castle and was one of the many castles of the Fitzpatricks, Chiefs of Upper Ossory. It is twenty feet in diameter at the base and the walls are ten feet thick. It has five storeys and a spiral stairway. There were fireplaces in the four upper apartments but none in the lowest one.
- Granstown castle is situated in the townland of Granstown. It is a round castle and was one of the many castles of the Fitzpatricks, Chiefs of Upper Ossary. It is twenty feet in diameter at the base and the walls are ten feet thick. It had five storeys and a spiral stairway. These were the fireplaces in the four upper apartments but none in the lowest one.
- Collector
- Christina Kenny
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Grantstown, Co. Laois
- Informant
- John Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Address
- Grantstown, Co. Laois
