School: Muchgrange (C.), Greenore (roll number 7278)
- Location:
- An Ghráinseach Mhór, Co. Lú
- Teacher: Mrs. A. O' Dwyer
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0659, Page 087
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- (continued from previous page)a short period he became a prosperous man by drawing heavy rents from the tenants on his estate.
In time there grew a great state of unrest among the people of the district. They protested against such a money-grabbing land-lord. They continued to harass him by every means in their power and so at length he thought of moving his residence to a more peaceful place. He selected this small lonely island a few hundreds yards from a point in the mainland.
Here he built a strong fortress where his enemies could not reach him. He lived there for many a year, and although hundreds of years dead, local fisher-men say, that they sometimes see the ghostly figure standing among the ruins as they pass through the Lough.
- Collector
- Nancy Breen
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sráid Euston, Co. Lú
- Informant
- Breen
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sráid Euston, Co. Lú
