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School: Garrdha Clochair

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Garrycloher, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
H. Ó Cionnaoith
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0569, Page 098

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    98
    Thinking there was no danger he left the boy play around while he went to look after what the workers were doing.
    The boy fell into a tub of water which was used for mixing mortar and got drowned. In this way the prophecy was fulfilled and the castle was left unbuilt.
    It forms a prominent land-mark to travellers on the main trunk road from Dublin to Cork and situated as it is on a hill it is visible for a radius of several miles.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Eileen Hyland
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Clonmore South, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr P. Hyland
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Clonmore South, Co. Tipperary