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School: Baile an Daingin (B) (roll number 1676)

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Ballindine, Co. Mayo
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Séamus P. Ó Gríobhtha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0097, Page 36

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    than the present Castle. There is no roof in it now but the shape of the windows are there yet.
    It is three storey high and about sixty feet long and about twenty feet wide. The place of the windows are there also. There were four doors in it. Two at the back and two at the front. In each storey at the front and back there were six windows.
    When Fitzgerald had it built he lived in it for a while and then left it. Then the Danes came and they lived in it also and they were no long living in it. Fitzgerald was in England and he sent for them. They did not live very long there and people said that they hid a pot
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    James Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Carrowlena, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Patrick Butler
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Address
    Carrowlena, Co. Mayo