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School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

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Drangan, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 168

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    About two hundred yards west of Drangan stands the weather beaten ruins of an old (weather beaten) Ormond castle. In this famous limemstone building of earlier days once dwelt Lady Butler.
    Close to the castle runs a little river. This river was forded at at its narrowest point by a temporary wooden construction which could be easily removed during troubled times.
    One day as Lady Butler was peering through one of the Castle windows at the river which was in flood she noticed a funeral procession
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mr Simon Donovan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Knockuragh, Co. Tipperary