School: Ballinatone, Rathdrum

Location:
Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow
Teachers:
Miss Stuart Miss Campbell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0921, Page 049

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  1. 1798 Rebellion.
    During the 1798 rebellion there was a barracks built in Glenmalure called Drumgoff Barracks. A lot of soldiers stayed there during the fighting. Some of the Byrnes were fighting at that time.
    There is a story that one of the soldiers had a lot of money which he hid under the iron stairs before he died. People say that the soldier still is in the ruins and that they have seen his ghost. A man named Michael Byrne was taking some stones once and he found a pair of boots and a jam-pot full of pennies.
    Ben O'Leary,
    Ballinatone,
    Rathdrum
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Ben O' Leary
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinatone Lower, Co. Wicklow