School: Muileann an Bhata (B.) (roll number 16478)
- Location:
- Mullinavat, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Mártan Ó Crotaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0850, Page 116
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- (continued from previous page)was she thought they had gold in the bags they had but it was only books they had. They buried the bishops in a field belonging to Walsh of Lismatigue and the next morning they were up on the top of the ground. These are the names of the places where they were buried. There are two of them buried in Kilkerin; three in Ahanna and two in Killemary.
- There is a moat in Lismatigue. It is divided by a ditch and a hedge. It is round in shape. In olden times there was a house built along side the moat. The people of the house used to go out through the window and walk around the Moat. There is nothing but weeds growing on top of the moat now
- Collector
- Patrick Hickey
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Buckstown, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Pat Dalton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lismateige, Co. Kilkenny
