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School: Doire Clathach (roll number 11931)

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Derryclogh Upper, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Éamonn Mac Firbisigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0299, Page 227

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  1. Sites of Castles etc. - Castle Donovan (Caisleán Uí Dhonnabháin) (continued)

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    two parties. The battle took place on a hill a mile north of the Castle and the spot is since known as BEARNA FOLA - The gap of Blood.
    Inside in the lower room of the Castle is the BRAON GINNSIR (?). This is a drop of bloody looking water which is all the time falling. The O'Donovans' hanged a woman in some one of the upper rooms and ever since this drop is falling.
    From the top of the Castle Murdering Glen can be seen a glen between Drom-Mor and Gleann-na-Tnáth. On the road is Máthair (?) Uí Ceallaig a rock that got its name from Kelly who was a great robber. He used attack the people in the night time and often kill them. But he was caught and afterwards hanged.
    The Townlands surrounding the Castle are Mulalc Méire, where there is a beautiful lake, Dóirín a Críonaig, Gleann na Cloiche, Duibh Lios and Cnoc na n-Abhann where there is mossy bank called Leabaidh Diarmada
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Informant
    Daniel O' Driscoll
    Relation
    Relative (other than parent or grandparent)
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    79
    Address
    Dromasta, Co. Cork