School: Cill an Daingin, Nenagh (roll number 6658)
- Location:
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó hOgáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0534, Page 238
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- When Cromwell was in Ireland, he did no harm to my district. It is said that he came as far as Dolla. When he was climbing up a hill in Dolla, a certain fiddler helped him up the hill. When they reached the top of the hill, Cromwell told the fiddler that he would give him all the lands he could see from the hill. After this the fiddler became a rich man.
There were many chiefs and heroes in former days. The local chief of my district was "Galloping Hogan". He was a "raparee" and he lived in Johnstown. The ruins of his house are said to be still there. It was "Galloping Hogan" who led Sarsfield to Ballyneety to meet William's train. There is a place one side of Monsea. It is called "Hogan's Pass". "Galloping Hogan" was supposed to(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Maisie Cleary
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr Martin Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 38
- Address
- Killadangan, Co. Tipperary
