School: Cill Mhuire (roll number 8139)
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Ruairc
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- Gráine Maol's Castle is in Connemara. You could see the river Shannon, County Clare and the Ships in Galway bay from the top of the Castle.
Gráine Maol was a woman who owned the Castle. She built a prision over a river and when she wanted to put prisoners to death all she had to was to open a trap door and let the prisoner into the river. The river i flows very fast and used to sweep the person out to sea.- Informant
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