School: Cloran (roll number 5282)
- Location:
- Cloran and Corcullentry, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Síle Flynn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0725, Page 0364
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- There is an old castle in my district. The name of it is Dervotstown Castle. It is a very old castle. There are only four walls of it standing.
There are two door-ways in it. They are in the shape of a horse-shoe..
The walls are built of stone.
The castle is built up on a hill.
The walls of it are about ten or twelve feet in height. It was besieged by Cromwell.
- Collector
- Peter Hughes
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Paristown, Co. Westmeath
- Causestown castle is situated on the Delvin-Athboy road near a fort. The field in which it is was a forest of trees. All the trees are cut down except one or two in the middle of the field.(continues on next page)
