School: Mell, Mell N. School, Drogheda (roll number 855)
- Location:
- Mell, Co. Louth
- Teacher: E. Ní Cholmáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0678, Page 130
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“Near here there was a great big stone castle beside the road.”
Near here there was a great big stone castle beside the road. It was six stories high and there were windows with sashes in them but no glass. There were some rafters in it also but the roof had fallen in if there ever was a roof on it
It was not a Danish castle as it was too well built for that. The old people said that it was never finished so no one ever lived in it. They said it was built by a tyrant named Mr Donaghmore and that the mortar put into the walls was mixed with blood to make them strong and hard. It was also said that the tyrant killed many innocent men to get blood for the mortar. Well Mr Donaghmore got just punishment for he was never able to put glass in the windows. Everytime he tried to put glass in it would fall out in smithereens. Sometimes it would be broken in an accident on the way to the castle and other times the job would be finished and the glass would be broken(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlís Ní Cholmáin
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Mell, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mr T. Mulcahy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Mell, Co. Louth