School: Inch Island
- Location:
- Carrickanee, Co. Donegal
- Teacher: Pádraig S. Mac Fhinn
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- (continued from previous page)Pupil. Hugh McGinley.
Castle Quarter, Inch Island
Told by Bridget Green. 80 yrs
Castle Quarter Inch Island - Local Castle.
There is a castle in the district, it was built by the O Doherties. It was built of huge stones and lime which was mixed with goats milk. It was about five hundred and eight years of age. The last person to live in the castle was a woman named Fanny McCloskey who kept a shebeen. There was a forge also and all the people of the district came to it. It was situated on the town land of(continues on next page)- Collector
- Hugh Mc Ginley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlequarter, Co. Donegal
- Informant
- Patrict Green
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Castlequarter, Co. Donegal