School: Naomh Peadar, Droichead Átha (roll number 11072)

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1. Old Ruins

   

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   There is an old castle about 3 miles from the school. It has been derelict for a long time. There were three storeys in it. On one wall there were three stones with faces carved in them supposed to be the king queen & knave, Two are still there, the other one was broken. The doors leading to a large part of the castle are filled up. They are this shape:- [Drawing] Most of the windows are filled in. They were this shapes [Drawing] There is still part of a spiral stairs which can be climbed. There is a building attached to the castle, the roof of which has fallen in & is covered with briars inside. In what used to be the garden there is a stone buried in the ground like this [Drawing] There is nothing written on it. Part of the castle was once not very long ago made into a dwelling houses, though it is now empty. A person with an ass's head with shining eyes like torches and long ears is supposed to have been seen looking out a top window. Lights are supposed to come from the castle and to go about the fields.

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   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Louie Mathews

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Skylea, Co. Lú