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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 140

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  1. Penal Times - Stories, Traditions Etc

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    One day as a man and his niece were going to milk a cow it was early in the day when four yeomen met them and seized them. The girl had a bucket in her hand and her father's hat on her head. The yeomen accused them as murderers because she had on a man's hat. But the captain knew the man's father and he begged the other yeomen to let them off. So they escaped and the yeomen went on out over Craanmore mountain.
    There was a mass-path going from Cronaleigh to Ballypierce and one going from Kilbranish to Craanmore to a chapel on Mr. Murphy's land in Ballypierce.
    There is a mass Rock on Ballypierce hill and at the present time there are two iron spikes sticking
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Matty Roberts
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kildavin, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Mr J. Coogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    69
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Ballypierce, Co. Carlow