School: Cill Mháille (B.), Inis (roll number 14468)
- Location:
- Kilmaley, Co. Clare
- Teacher: Tomás Ó Cuinneáin
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“The belief that gold was hidden in Ballymacooda...”
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Lord Clare's houses .He was the landlord of the townland of Ballymacooda and put very high rents and valuations on the tenants .Lord Clare's castle was built on a rock on a lovely eminence surrounded by a marsh.I got a lot of this information from from old Mrs Foley who lives now in Clonliffe Rd. Dublin. She is bed-ridden and her statements were very rambling. She also spoke about a man being hanged at Ballymacooda. Before she maried she was Emily Finucane. Her grandson Pat Finucane lives with her.The castle of Ballymacooda 1580 - Baron of Inchiquin.(Conor O 'Brien eldest son of Sir James O Brien who owned Gortaganniv and sold it to Lord Clare) Daniel O'Brien created Viscount Clare in 1670.. Daniel O Brien 3rd Viscount Clare outlawed in 1691 - Lord Lieutenant of the County and head of Clare's Dragoons,(Frost's History of Clare)