School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 282
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- (continued from previous page)quack dentist who pulled the teeth from these skulls for his dentures! and also a story of the sale of the bones to polish the buttons of British soldiers in the "red-coat" days!
The Friary came to an end after the failure of the Desmond Rebellion, but it had a kind of twilight existence up to 1750. The "Buttevant Chalice", dated 1600, was used here for a time. Boetius Egan was guardian in 1648. He became Bishop of Ross and was later executed by Broghill.
- Collector
- Bridget Desmond
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Coolacoosane, Co. Cork
- Informant
- Kitty O' Connell
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Dromcarra North, Co. Cork
