School: Ryefield
- Location:
- Ryefield, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Ida Carnew
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0997, Page 405
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Ryefield
- XML Page 405
- XML “Local Ruins”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- There are the ruins of an old round tower in Bellenvalley Oldcastle Co. Meath. The Danes ar said to have built it.
It has a dungeon where people were put in and killed. The enemies and those who would not obey them were put into this hovel.
It has been given up since six or seven hundred years ago. It was guarded by two thick fences which were to guard it from any wild animals, or enemies attacking it, but one evening the chief Lord forgot to get the gates locked, but the enemies soon found their chance so they came and attacked it.
- Collector
- Evelyn Coote
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Knocknaveagh, Co. Cavan
