School: Kilcullen (B.)

Location:
Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Pádraig Ó Broin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776D, Page 10_004

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    be read. There is no roof on the church but in it there are nice carvings which are mostly broken.
    In the castle there is a stairs which leads up half way you then get out through a door in the wall climp up the wall and into another door. There is another stairs from that to the top of the castle. The monks lived in them long ago. Short distances away there is a wishing well and an ice house. Once a man came to rob the castle and when he was getting through a hole in the wall his head fell off and
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Pádraig De Núinnseáin
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
    Informant
    James Kelly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    48
    Address
    Kilcullen, Co. Kildare