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School: Lucan (B.)

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Leamhcán, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath
Teacher:
M. Mac Rois
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0794, Page 257

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  1. Shrove, Lenten and Easter Customs

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    Patrick Graham
    18 Weir View
    Lucan
    13 years 6 months
    He got this story from his father whose people have lived in Lucan for many generations and served as sergeant in the Great War.

    Sarsfield's Castle

    There is an old legend about a castle in the southern portion of Vesey's Demesne, where Sarsfield lived in the seventeenth century.
    It is said that, on the third of October every three years, Sarsfield riding on a white horse comes out on the top of the castle and shoots a bullet from a musket into the air in the direction of Limerick. It is said that whoever finds the bullet and digs three feet under where it was
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. ócáidí
      1. ócáidí (de réir trátha bliana) (~11,476)
        1. Inid (~188)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Graham
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Radharc na Cora, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath