School: Lankill (roll number 16904)

Location:
Lankill, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Seán Ó Cibhil
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0137F, Page 05_053

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  1. When Denis Brown lived in Mountbrown he had a castle with a hundred rooms in it. If you went in you could not make your way out again. There was a big lawn out in front of the castle. There were a lot of trees in this lawn. There was one big oak tree in the middle of the lawn and on that tree he used to hang the people that gave three cheers for the French.
    There was a man named Hastings who lived in Creagán Darach. He was hung in Barrack Hill in Westport for giving three cheers for the
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. agents (~1)
      1. historical persons (~5,068)
        1. Denis Browne (Denis of the Rope) (~25)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Keane
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr Hugh Keane
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballinlough, Co. Mayo