School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Peter Hegarty
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- About 120 years ago when stealing was a terrible crime in Ireland a man by the name of Mr Watson stole a gun from a house in Levally about 2 miles to the south of Rathdowney. The soldiers captured him and hanged him in The Square a place in the middle of the town. Then they buried him there and the strangest thing of all is that the grave never sank. It is there still and can be seen by all passersby.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Liam Quinn
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Nicholas Byrne
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 76
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois