School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)
- Location:
- Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Kathleen Grehan
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“In Robinstown is an old castle where lived Robert Tyrell...”
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- Bobby Bán was Bob RochfortA man named Dalton was found guilty of treason by Bobby bán
He was hanged in Mullingar - the last man hanged thereAfter Bobby Ban was met on the steps leading from his courtyard into the house by Dalton's ghost. He put his arms around Bobby and squeezed him to death and he vomited up his heart's blood which is still to be seen on the steps in Dunborden. Bobby used to haunt the place so often that the P.P. in Rochfortbridge had to put him into Lough(continues on next page)
