School: Askill (roll number 5294)
- Location:
- Askill, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Padraig Ó Treabhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0190, Page 306
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- This hollow is situated in the townland of Edenville about one mile from the town of Rinbaugh. A little stream flows through it and this is crossed by a bridge on the road leading from the northern shore of Lough Melvin to Kinlaugh.The story of how this place got its name was tole me by an old man (name & address given at foot): -O Rourke the chief of Breffney and O'Donnell the chief of Tirconnel were enemies at this time and making war on each other. O Rourke found out that some of his secret orders were somehow made known to O Donnell in Ballyshannon. He therefore suspected a spy in his own camp that some one from Breffney was conveying news to O Donnell. He therefore set two of his trusted men to watch this road which wasw the chief pass from Breffney territory to Tirconnel. This place where the two men concealed themselves is a hollow only one-quarter mile from the river Drows separating the territories of the two chiefs.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- P. Joseph Travers
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Derryherk, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Terence Gallagher
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Mullanaleck, Co. Leitrim
