School: Scoil na mBráthar, Calainn

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   home of a man named Doctor Cronin, who was anything but a good-living man. It was said that he had sold himself to the devil.
   He died and Callan Lodge as it was called was given up to him, as the Catholic Curates' residence.
   For months after they came to live in the house they could not sleep a wink from twelve to three o'clock each night, but listening to the jingling of glasses and delph, as if butlers were passing along the corridors on their way to the dining room.
   After that the music and dancing began, and

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   History Edit

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Eibhlín Ní Liatháin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Baunta, Co. Kilkenny