School: Taobh Breac (roll number 15227)
- Location:
- Tievebrack, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Donnchadh E. Mac Congáile
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1098, Page 186
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- Photo - Dromore Bridge KillygordonI have been deeply disappointed in the scarcity of material, I may say, a total absence of any stories in connection with the whereabouts of the O Donnell castle near Killygordon. None of the people, especially the older generation seem to have any material about this castle. On the Ordinance Survey Map of the district I have endeavoured to discover the site thereon. It is situated evidently on a field of the river “holms” belonging to McGroarty and liable to floods. There is not a shred of evidence to indicate that a castle had ever been THERE. “The steps” – nine of them, - really stones placed in the stair-like fashion on the land side of the river bank, could be associated only as a convenience for the people of a ruined house nearby to gain access to the river.I would, however refer the reader to page where I obtained stories from Mrs. Doherty, Cornashesk with reference to the Castle and the Mansfield family.
- Collector
- Donnachadh E. Mac Congáile
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
