Scoil: Ballinkillen, Muine Beag

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1. Freney the Robber (ar lean)

   

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   (ar lean ón leathanach roimhe)

   known to all in both counties. I do not know if he were ever caught or what his end was, some say it was sudden and violent. If a person is known to be light-fingered he is often referred to as Freney. There is a townsland near Leighlin call Fearnafreney but I do not know if it has any connection with his name. There is also a Frenistown in Co Kilkenny.

   

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2. The Dead Coach

   

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   About 60 years or so ago the dead coach used drive over many districts in Co Carlow. The horses and the driver were headless and the window was covered always with black blinds. From Midnight to 1 am and used usually be the hour of the drives. An old man named Thos Burke of Leighlinbridge, now dead R.I.P. told a crowd of boys once, that as a boy himself he had spoken to a man who had seen the coach pass. This man, of a devil may care disposition said he would stay in a top room of a two storied house which had a small window about two ft square overlooking the road. About 12.15 am he heard the rumble of wheels and the clatter of horses hoofs. The room in which he was, was

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   Teanga

   Béarla

   Faisnéiseoir

   John Redmond

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Baile an Choillín, Co. Cheatharlach

   Faisnéiseoir

   Thomas Burke

   Inscne

   Fireann

   Gairm bheatha

   Soldier (Léirítear teidil na ngairmeacha i mBailiúchán na Scol sa bhunteanga inar cláraíodh iad)

   Seoladh

   Baile an Chnocáin, Co. Cheatharlach