School: Ladhar (B.), Bán-Tír (roll number 3269)
- Location:
- Lyre, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Halladáin
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0361, Page 244
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- (continued from previous page)was made the splendid floor and side-wall of the Alley were destroyed.
The Barrys settled down, seven families of them, in [?]. Their houses looked like a little village.
The mason who built the alley walls was called the Saop móp. He was a famous mason.
They made fences in all the fields from the Ball Alley to the [?], the greater portion of the land at that time was covered with heath and furze.
After a time, the Cuman-na-mbó robbers from [?] raided the Scanlons' houses in Coolroebeg and stole large quantities of bacon. One piece of seven-year-old bacon which was kept for curing diseases, was stolen. The Scanlons at the dawn of next day went after the robbers and discovered this piece of bacon in a field near the Barrys' house. They reported the matter to the soldiers at Buttevant with the result that several of the Barry family were arrested and taken to Millstreet where they were flogged for robbery. One man of the family,(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Mc Auliffe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thade Horgan
- Gender
- Male
