School: Bealach, Bansha (roll number 1131)
- Location:
- Ballagh, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: S. Meiscill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0575, Page 240
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Castle Mary (continued)
“In the townsland of Clashoquirke, Bansha, on an eminence overlooking the River Aherlow are the remains of Castle Mary.”
(continued from previous page)telling about the amount borrowed from him by "Father" Ashe and its repayment in full.The Castle was never completed and the portion erected was never inhabited.By a strange error of judgement the site chose for the Castle was a sand-cliff some 40 feet high. Being exposed to the prevailing S.W. gale the building began to crumble in a very short time, and all that now remains to mark the spot is a heap of fallen masonry.In a secluded spot in the chapel yard of Bansha Trevor Lloyd Ashe is buried. The inscription on his tomb is as follows:-