School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)
- Location:
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 083
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- (continued from previous page)quiet horse and he brought him into a pig-house into which others tried to take their horses but failed as the door-way was too low. When the funeral began, the horse would not come out of the pighouse. They had to take down the lintel over the door-way before they succeeded. Mr. Furlong went to repair the damage after a time. While his workmen were repairing it, they found a box of sovereigns. Mr. Furlong wasn't a bit pleased when they didn't knock down more stones in the hope of getting more gold.
- About a hundred years ago there lived in this district a man who had money in the bank of Waterford. He did not know how to get it on account of the highway men.(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Mr Michael Hanrahan
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
