School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 03_019
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- Sean na Sagart was a bad cruel man that was working for a man named Bingham in Castlebar.
He was hated by all the people of that time. He used to go about killing priests and schoolmasters When he had them killed he used to bring their heads to Castlebar for his money.
Bingham used to give him £5 for a priest's head and he'd get £3 for a schoolmaster's head.
He'd take them then to a little lake outside Ballinrobe and bury them there.
- Collector
- Nora O Boyle
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Timothy O Boyle
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballyballinaun, Co. Mayo
