School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: S. Mac Maoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 135
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- There is an old castle about 3 miles from the school. It has been derelict for a long time. There were three storeys in it.
On one wall there were three stones with faces carved in them supposed to be the king queen & knave, Two are still there, the other one was broken. The doors leading to a large part of the castle are filled up. They are this shape:- [Drawing]
Most of the windows are filled in. They were this shapes [Drawing]
There is still part of a spiral stairs which can be climbed.
There is a building attached to the castle, the roof of which has fallen in & is covered with briars inside.
In what used to be the garden there is a stone buried in the ground like this [Drawing] There is nothing written on it.
Part of the castle was once not very long ago made into a dwelling houses, though it is now empty.
A person with an ass's head with shining eyes like torches and long ears is supposed to have been seen looking out a top window. Lights are supposed to come from the castle and to go about the fields.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Louie Mathews
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Skylea, Co. Louth
