School: Tinryland, Carlow
- Location:
- Tinriland, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Seidhin
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Long ago people used to have to stay up for a number of nights to watch the graves of their dead as there was a gowlish gang known as "Sack him ups" who used to steal the corpses and take them to Dublin or other places to sell them to young Drs who used them for experimenting purposes.In those days also there was a Political gang called White Feet which was condemned by the Church.
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- Informant
- Richard Heydon
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Tinriland, Co. Carlow
