School: Colehill (C.), Mullingar (roll number 14673)

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1. In the Penal Times (continued)

   

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   seen with the spike of iron in it until twenty years ago. A man the name of Moxham cut it down for fire. It grew near the long Avenue convenient to the Lock of Tenelick and never a leaf grew on it again, to all appearances it was dead and decayed, still the sap was in the trunk. Lord Annelly himself died sudden, a young man not 40 years of age soon after. He went to Dublin in his health on business and that evening a man in a post chase drove up to the hall door of the castle and told the Butler, who answered the call, that his master was dead. The Butler told the awful story that the man who told the news had cloven feet (God bless the hearers and where it was told) The other three priests were hung at New Castle, that was during Lady Rosse's time. She was

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
         1. penal times (~4,335)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Mary J. Mc Guire

   Gender

   Female

   Age

   13

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford

   Informant

   Mrs Mc Guire

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Lisnacreevy, Co. Longford