School: Castlecomer (B.) (roll number 1118)
- Location:
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: D. Ó Riada
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- The O'Brennans once lived in the castle in the Demesne. The last them was a lady who had shot about twenty English soldiers, and she shot herself rather than surrender. It is also connected with a battle between the Yeomen(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- John Brennan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
- Address
- Ballyragget, Co. Kilkenny
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“A woman named Bess Mc Gowan once lived where Captain Gahan lives now.”
A woman named Bess Mc Gowan once lived where Captain Gahan lives now. Queer sounds and things were heard and seen there. One night a man was passing by and he heard sounds like thirty horses galloping and about fifeen dogs barking. The man climbed the wall and looked over it but saw nothing, still he heard the sounds, so he went home.