School: Gabhailín (Golden), Cashel (roll number 7820)
- Location:
- Golden, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Tomás Mac Uidhir
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- Castle Lake House.
the River Suir is only about seventy yards from Castle Lake House. In the winter when we get floods Castle Lake House is entirely surrounded by water.
In this house lived a man called "Pat the Killler". This is how he got his name. He was a landlord and evicted many tenants. Any of them that refused to go he had them shot there and then, He owned about a thousand acres and had about seventy tenants.
In one year he killed as many as thirty people. One day when he was about to kill a poor widow who was unable to pay her rent the women's husband(continues on next page)- Collector
- May Shore
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- John Kavanagh
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Golden, Co. Tipperary