School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)

Location:
Golden, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
Tomás Mac Uidhir
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  1. Castle Lake House.
    the River Suir is only about seventy yards from Castle Lake House. In the winter when we get floods Castle Lake House is entirely surrounded by water.
    In this house lived a man called "Pat the Killler". This is how he got his name. He was a landlord and evicted many tenants. Any of them that refused to go he had them shot there and then, He owned about a thousand acres and had about seventy tenants.
    In one year he killed as many as thirty people. One day when he was about to kill a poor widow who was unable to pay her rent the women's husband
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Shore
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    John Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    50
    Address
    Golden, Co. Tipperary