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School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)

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Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 532

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    Then they went and got all the saucepans of gold and when they were going they set the house on fire. It was burning for a week.
    The nurse and the baby went visiting and the evening turned out wet and they could not return back. The nurse, servant girl and baby were the ones that were saved. The girl went and informed on them.
    A few days after the Peelers caught them in the wood of Knock Eoin. They had many trials on them and they were sentenced to be hanged on Knock Eoin. The gallows was erected and they were executed. Their bodies were left hanging on the gallows till the insects had eaten the flesh and left nothing but the three skeletons.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Streamstown, Co. Westmeath
    Collector
    Brigid Boyhan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
    Informant
    John Boyhan
    Relation
    Grandparent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    90
    Address
    Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath