Scoil: Castletown, Mountrath (uimhir rolla 2731)
- Suíomh:
- Baile an Chaisleáin, Co. Laoise
- Múinteoir: Bean Uí Mhearnáin
Tagairt chartlainne
Bailiúchán na Scol, Imleabhar 0826, Leathanach 003
Íomhá agus sonraí © Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann, UCD.
Féach sonraí cóipchirt.
ÍoslódáilSonraí oscailte
Ar fáil faoin gceadúnas Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Nóta: Ní fada go mbeidh Comhéadan Feidhmchláir XML dúchas.ie dímholta agus API úrnua cuimsitheach JSON ar fáil. Coimeád súil ar an suíomh seo le haghaidh breis eolais.
Ar an leathanach seo
- Castletown
The old castle from which Castletown gets its name is situated on the bank of the River Nore. It is by the side of the main road from Dublin to Cork and Limerick. It is one of the most historic places in this county of ours. In olden times it was (that) said that there was an underground passage which led from the Castle to Roe's Castle of Rushall, and another to Aughabo. The late Lord Castletown's ancestors were the residents of the castle.
It is said that the Fitzpatrick's burned the castle when the English army was coming.
When Cromwell's soldiers were robbing the monasteries the Brothers used to hide in the tunnel which connected Aughabo and Castletown. They had a horse which used to take the mail to Clonenagh. One day the soldiers caught the horse and robbed the mail.
Then the soldiers asked a woman where the Brothers used to be, and they said they would give her a lot of money. It is said she got a gallon of buttermilk and made a hole in the bottom of the gallon and she streaked it from Castletown to Aughabo. The soldiers knew what she meant. Half of them entered the tunnel from Castletown and the other half from Aughabo side they captured and killed all the Brothers(leanann ar an chéad leathanach eile)
- Bailitheoir
- May Killeen
- Inscne
- Baineann
