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School: Gusserane

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0872, Page 068

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    dead in the houses and amongst them were two of his best milking cows. The farm was a thriving one up to this but ever since it has been a struggle to live there.

    N.B.
    There is a local tradition that a monk was put to death in Boley Castle by the soldiers, at some time during the Penal Laws and that his body was cooked and eaten by the soldiers
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maggie Kearney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Burkestown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr John Culleton
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Burkestown, Co. Wexford