School: Currach Chluana (Croughclooney) (roll number 7885)
- Location:
- Curraghcloney, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0572, Page 156
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Long long ago, there lived chieftains in County Tipperary known as the Prendergasts. One brother of them had a castle in Newcastle and the other brother had a castle in Curraghclooney.
At that time there was another chief in Scart named Fitzgerald, he also lived in a castle. The Prendergasts and the Fitzgeralds used join forces and go to battle with the English soldiers. They defeated the English at a battle near Clonmel and they took all the cannon balls and all the ammunition and seized the battle horses belonging to the English.The Prendergasts and(continues on next page)
