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School: Borrisoleigh, Glenkeen (roll number 590)

Location:
Buiríos Ó Luigheach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
Tomás de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0545, Page 058

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    There is an old ruined castle in Cullohill. A woman named Shelia Mac Guire lived in it. She kept an army in it. It is in ruins about a hundred years. There is a doorway in it and a few windows. There is a shallow lough at the back of it. It was said that there was money hidden in it and a few men dug it. And water came up the colour of blood. There are a lot of humps in the field around it they are like graves. She was a very cruel
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