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School: Pres. Convent, Drogheda (roll number 851)

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Drogheda, Co. Louth
Teacher:
Sr. M. Patrick
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0679, Page 085

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  1. The Story of the Old Castle

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    A few miles from our own town at a place called Cooper Hill are the ruins of an old building called Lamb's Castle. It derived its name from a family of the same name who built it a couple of hundred years ago.
    Tradition says that here and old sick gentleman lived alone and he was very unkind to the poor and the neighbours of the district, so one night they agreed to enter the castle and kill the man and take all he richeds he possessed. It was very easy to carry out this plan and the next day there was much joy in he country-side when they
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sheila Bannon
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cord Road, Co. Louth
    Informant
    John Murray
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    56
    Address
    Cord Road, Co. Louth