School: Tullycanna
- Location:
- Tullycanna, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Tomás de Buitléir
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- (continued from previous page)eleven of them were killed in one, Richard Stafford's house.
Hilltown castle is about two miles from here and it was also built by the Fitzhenrys, a different branch of the family from those that built Kilcavan castle as there were several branche's of the Fitzhenry's in this County.
No stories are told about it being attacked at any time. The walls are standing yet and up until a few years ago the lofts were used to store corn.
Clonmines which is also very near here is very rich in the ruins of both churches and castles.
In a few acres of land stand the ruins of three castles and two churches. One of the churches was an Augustinian Abbey and was founded by the Kavanaghs about the 13th century. The outside appears to be a castle but the inside is a church.
Clonmines is in the Barony of Shelburn and on the shore(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Alice White
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Maxboley, Co. Wexford
- Informant
- John White
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 58
- Occupation
- Farmer
- Address
- Maxboley, Co. Wexford
