School: Lisball
- Location:
- Lisball, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: S. O' Doherty
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There was a terrible murder down in the district of Nolagh. It was known as the 'King murder'. King disagreed with his wife. He went and hired with a man at Carrickmacross. His wife owned the place.
One night the came to the house and went in on the window and killed his wife and his mother in law. His two children died for the want of food. He killed them a spade.
His wife and mother in law and her two children were not(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Leonard Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan
- Informant
- Mr Patrick Carroll
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Bracklin, Co. Cavan
