School: Whiterock (roll number 13820)
- Location:
- Carrigeengeare, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: J. Faulkner
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- (continued from previous page)was a young simpleton called Marty MacSharry. He knew she was in the castle and gladly came to Owen Roe's assistance in order to free her. There is an old ruins of a church at the "Commons" and from this to the castle there runs a sub-passage, so through this Marty led Owen Roe's men up to the castle, who overcame the Scotch Guard by suddenness of attack, stabbed the sentinels and set the castle on fire. At this time it was destroyed and never since tenanted.It is said that the mortar which built the castle was wet with the blood of heads. These heads were taken by force from the local people. This Sir Fredrick Hamilton was a very(continues on next page)
