School: Killallon (roll number 5207)

Location:
Boherard, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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  1. There was a chapel in Ballinlough long ago, and the ruins of it is there to the present day, and the holy-water fonts are in the field yet. It was Cromwell that knocked it. There was also a castle in Ballinlough and Cromwell sent over one of his men to take the castle. The man of the castle said come on and fight me for the castle. So Cromwell got a rope and hung the man of the Castle on a tree. The tree is called the hang-mans tree.
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Thomas Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulliganstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    Joseph Daly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Mulliganstown, Co. Westmeath