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School: Baldwinstown

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Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford
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Ristéard Mac Plib
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0876, Page 340

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    The castle in Baldwinstown belonged to a family the name of Esmond. After they left this place a man by the name of Carthy became owner. He employed a man by the name of Johnny Morgan and his wife to care-take this place. He had use of all the castle and place except one room which he was told not to go near.
    He got on all right in it for a while. One day they made up their minds to see what was in this room so Johnny got a ladder and got up to the window and pushed back the catch with a penknife. He raised up the window and stepped into the room. The first thing he saw was a stone coffin
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Berna Parle
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Baldwinstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    John Carty
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    74
    Address
    Rathyark, Co. Wexford