School: Ráth Araidh (roll number 9362)
- Location:
- Rahara, Co. Roscommon
- Teacher: M. Ní Bheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0267, Page 110
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(continued from previous page)sold his child for a naggin of whiskey.
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- O'Kelly's Castle - Ballagh.
There is a pot of gold hid in the castle in a pump six feet deep. The castle was knocked down from Ballagh Island in Lough Funshinagh. A ball alley was to be built here in 1902 and the stones were drawn to it but the people responsible changed their minds. The track of the castle belongs to the village people. It is partly in John Lyons' & John Egan's land. Only a grass covered mound now remains of the castle.
