School: Tulach Mór (Clochar na Trócaire)
- Location:
- Tullamore, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0807, Page 044
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- (continued from previous page)"Since Balfour and Co. took to saving the Union
By breaking our heads and by filling his jails.
(To blind the two peoples in loving Communion)
A strange sort of rule in each prison prevails-
If to speak with a prisoner you're granted permission,
The topics you treat may be various in deed,
But the jailer will meet with a prompt prohibition
The faintest allusion to Tullamore Tweed"
The Courthouse was built about 1830, at a cost of £10,000, raised off the county, and opened about 1835-just 100 years ago, when the Assizes were transferred from Philipstown, which ceased to be the capital town.
It is a stately edifice, built of Tullamore limestone. Many historic trials were heard in the courts. It was burnt down in 1922 and rebuilt in 1924-25,(continues on next page)
