School: Ovens (C.) (roll number 5985)
- Location:
- Ovens, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Maud Mc Guire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0345, Page 356
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- (continued from previous page)a trap door sprang open & Hare vanished on the very threshold. His dying screams failed to summon his servants. They fled in terror, & the disguised party soon found ample evidence of the fate of many unfortunate victims lured to death by Hare.
- These wells are situated in Walshestown. One is covered by a complete arch. The relics of crumbling arches shelter the other wells. Remains of an altar, upon which Mass was celebrated in Penal Days, is still in a fair state of preservation. Upon a stone plate on one of the arches the letters I. H. S. are quite discernible still. The Cromwellian destroyer knocked down two(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Jack Fahy
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Walshestown, Co. Cork
