School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0864, Page 145
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“In the park there are the ruins...”
(continued from previous page)In the famine times the coffins were left outside the doors while the people were alive.
- In the time of Cromwell people used to make holes in the hills around Wolfhill. When they were going into the hole they pulled in a furze bush after them.
A story is told about Cromwell. This woman was bringing water from a well and she had her child with her. She saw Cromwell's soldiers coming and she ran up the side of the hill. When she(continues on next page) - Collector
- Robert Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moyhora, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Miss Brennan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 62
- Address
- Moyhora, Co. Kilkenny
