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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

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Borrisoleigh, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 059

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    girl, it is said that she killed anybody she saw near the castle it is also believed that the mortar in the wall was mixed with blood.
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    There are old ruins in my district. The name of it is the Castle of Cullohill in the Parish of Borrisoleigh Co. Tipperary. It was built 1923. There did a girl live in it by herself. The castle is on top of the hill. When this girl used to get married she would put her husband into a tar barrel and burn them & roll them down the hill. SHe used to get married every day and burn them then. One
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Younge
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs P. Corbett
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    70
    Address
    Killamoyne, Co. Tipperary