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School: Gleann an Dúin - Prison (roll number 17042)

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Prison East, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Máire A. Ní Dhocartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0095C, Page 11_053

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    There are three old chimneys in the north of this village, Townland of Prizon, Co Mayo. They are about three hundred years old.
    It was Toby Bourke, who built Prison, where the three chimneys stand now.
    One day a woman brought her son who was very cross to Toby to be quietened and he said ; I will quieten him and he hung the little boy.
    A while after the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    May Adams
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mary Adams
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    77
    Address
    Prison North, Co. Mayo