School: Dúndroma (roll number 13818)
- Location:
- Dún Droma, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Teacher: Mrs Ester Jackson
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0582, Page 116
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- There is an old castle situated in a field near Mr Ryan's house in Ballintemple, Kilnamanagh Lower, Golden, It is known as the "peggin" of Ballinaclough, because the peggins which were used in olden times for milking purposes represented it.
It is a round building and it is about forty feet high. It has a little bit of masonry on one side which represents that of a peggin.
Inside is a winding stairs leading to the top of it.
Once a bullock went inside and climbed the stairs till he reached the top, but when he got there he could not get down.
And they had to put bushes on the ground and hay on top of the bushes so as to break the fall down.
Then they pushed the bullock down, but he died afterwards.
- Collector
- Hilda Howard
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Baile an Teampaill, Co. Thiobraid Árann
- Informant
- Mr John Howard
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 60
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Baile an Teampaill, Co. Thiobraid Árann
