School: Ballyhurst, Tipperary (roll number 4562)
- Location:
- Ballyhusty, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Stás, Bean Uí Fhloinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0579, Page 182
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- Thomastown House was the birth place of Father Theobald Mattew the Apostle of Temporance. He was born there in 1790. He preached his first in Kilfeacle in 1814. His first mission, was in Kilkenny. Later he went to Cork and started his famous Total Abstinance work. Millions of people took the pledge. He died in 1856. Thomastown belonged to George Mattew Earl of Landaff.
- Kilfeacle Castle was built by the Desmonds after getting possession of the lands from De Grandison. The Desmonds lived there for many years. There is a dungeon in it.
- Collector
- Jimmy O' Neill
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Corrogemore, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- Mr O' Neil
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 47
- Address
- Corrogemore, Co. Tipperary
