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School: Piercetown (C.) (roll number 8690)

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Piercetown, Co. Wexford
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    “In Killiane there is a castle which was built by the Normans. ...”

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    In Killiane there is a castle which was built by the Normans.
    In '98 the Yoemen hung their victims from the Castle.
    On the top of this Castle, is a hole from which the enemy used to let their victims drop, and when they landed a trap-door shut and the victims were in a dark dungeon where they starved and died.
    There are steps going to a height, and from the top of that height the ground can be seen.
    The Yoemen used to place their victims on the ground below and from above poured boiling pitch on the doomed prisoners.
    A noise and screech is heard after 12 at night and the stones all move out of their places.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Killiane, Co. Wexford
    Collector
    Eileen Barron
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Piercetown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mr T. Barron
    Gender
    Male