School: Clochar na Trócaire, Clanna Caoilte (roll number 7651)

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   “In our farm at Camus there is a field which is not far from a fort.”

   

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   could see nothing. Then he heard someone shouting to the horses and they stopped. Then he heard the noise of shoveling as if someone were filling in a grave. After that the noise of horses, carts and whips was heard again by the man.

   

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   “There is a ruined castle in Ballinlougher a short distance from the banks of the Argideen at Castle View near Clonakilty.”

   

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   There is a ruined castle in Ballinarougher a short distance from the banks of the Arrgadeen at Castle View near Clonakilty. This castle in former times belonged to the McCarthy "Crimeens". It was afterwards handed over to a man named Allen who probably, was a Cromwellian soldier. Folklore tells us that the last of the Allen family to live there were two

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   Topics

   1. objects
      1. man-made structures
         1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Cáit Ní Sithig

   Gender

   Female

   Informant

   Mrs Sheehy

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Clonakilty, Co. Cork