School: Creatlach (B.)
- Location:
- An Chreatalach Mhór, Co. an Chláir
- Teacher: Seán Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0597, Page 005
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- (continued from previous page)12) Gallows Hill (Cnoc na Croiche)The meaning is plain - the hill of the Gallows. This hill occupies a most prominent place looking down on the plains of Cratloe, Tradaree and the country drained by the lower portion of the Owney Garney (Abhann Uí Chearnaigh)In the bad old days when hanging was the penalty for even such offences as sheep and cattle-stealing this hill was used for staging the executions of those convicted and the bodies, left hanging for a considerable time afterwards, were visible for miles and miles around - a gruesome reminder of the fate in store for evil-doers. It is almost 100 years, I am told (by an old man named John McInerney of Gallows Hill who died at an advanced age some three years ago) since the last public execution took place there when two men were hanged for sheep-stealing.This is not the only hill in the parish where hangings took place. Just at Cratloe railway station there is a hill where a man convicted of murder, was hanged about 80 years ago. The name of the doomed man was Jones and relatives of his (a nephew, now a man of over 90) still lives in Cratloe Moyle) He was convicted of the murder of a herdsman by shooting. There are not any persons living in the locality who witnessed the hanging and the nephew above-mentioned does not even mention it. This of course may easily be understood. (The name of the nephew is Michael Jones, Cratloe Moyle, Cratloe)(continues on next page)
