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    Long ago when Fitzgerald was living in his castle he had a gallows erected on the top of Herbertstown Hill. He had a daughter and he told her that whatever she would ask of him he would give it to her.
    One day a priest was passing by and the daughter asked her cruel father to bring the priest and hang him. He did so and put him into a room. He was about to hang him when he noticed that the priest was laughing. Fitzgerald asked him why he was laughing and the priest said that he saw Fitzgerald's brother passing by with the devil. The brother lived about forty miles away, so Fitzgerald sent a messenger on horse back, the messenger was just leaving when he met another messenger from the brother's house with a message that the brother of Fitzgerald was dead.
    Fitzgerald got a fright and he let the priest go.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    2. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    James Long
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cloghaviller, Co. Limerick