School: An Cluainín Uí Ruairc (C.) (roll number 10945)
- Location:
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Charlotte G. Dillon
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- (continued from previous page)mounted on his horse and galloped away and nobody knows where he went. In the year 1641 his castle was burned and the ruins of it are to be seen now.
- In Cluáinín ui Ruairce in the light of the setting sun stand the ruins of an old castle where Sir Frederick Hamilton lived long ago. He was a very bad man. He put men, women, children, nuns and priests to death. He had a spy called Shelia Mór and when she would see the catholics coming from Mass she would tell Sir Frederick the hill on which she stood is called Shelia Mór's brayOne night as they were feasting and merrymaking a few(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Annie O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim