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School: Cnoc Luinge (C.) (roll number 11665)

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Knocklong, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Siobhán Ní Néill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0510, Page 011

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  1. Moats (continued)

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    -ally it struck something similar to a flag. When they struck the flag or stone, an enormous bull came bellowing fiercely so the men at the moat disappeared as quickly as they could and any interference with the moat was not again attempted. All this is traditional and probably true.
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  2. Knocklong Castle

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    Knocklong Castle is now but a worthless ruin but nevertheless its fallen walls remind the country folk of the grim happenings of the Penal Days long ago. There lived in his old, His Lordship, the archbishop of Cashel and Emly, Dermot O'Hurley. At this time the English Catholics and everywhere a Bishop or Priest was found he was tortured to death,
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Teresa Curtis
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    William Hanley
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knocklong, Co. Limerick