School: Castletown, Mountrath (roll number 2731)
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Bean Uí Mhearnáin
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- There is a weird story told about a man named Costigan, who lived at Hazel Pit two miles from Castletown. It is said he was beheaded and thrown into a bog - hole.