School: Fothar (roll number 16903)
- Location:
- Faugher, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Bláthnaid Ní Fhannghaile
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- (continued from previous page)O'Boyle was owner of Ray Castle. There is an old church at Clondahorky. It was a chapel one time.
- There are the ruins of three Castles in this place now. There is one called Ray's Castle in Faugher, and one at Glenveigh and another at Doe castle. The reason why Ray's castle fell in was because the timber rotted and then the slates fell in.
Long ago Ray's castle used to be a place to hang men who did wrong. - Collector
- John Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Marblehill, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Dan Sweeney
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 42
- Address
- Marblehill, Co. Donegal
- Ray Castle and Doe Castle are old ruins and there another castle called Glenveigh but there are people living in it. A(continues on next page)
