School: Fahan (roll number 14479)
- Location:
- Fahan, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Cáitlín L. Nig Uidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1109, Page 395
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- (continued from previous page)to get into his castle in Inch. John Chamberlain was killed and his side was beaten. People still show his grave. A man is supposed to have fought and beat the devil with a boring iron, in Barnes Gap.
Red Hugh ODonnell was captured of Rathmullan. John Perrot sent a ship pretending to sell wine and the captain invited Red Hugh on board. He went and before he knew the boat was well on its way to Dublin. Wolfe Tone was captured in Lough Swilly in 1798.
Two brothers of the ODonnells' were fighting against each other once. One got the other imprisoned in Inch castle and while one was thinking of burning the castle, the man on top pulled a stone out of the wall and hurled it down and hit his brother on the(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Jean Gillighan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Mr G. Gillighan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 67
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Roosky, Co. Donegal
