School: Dromakeenan
- Location:
- Drumakeenan, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: C. Ní Fhallamhain
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“There is a place called Sentry Hill two miles from Borris-In-Ossory during the rebellion of 1798 and about five hundred rebels were executed.”
There is a place called Sentry Hill two miles from Borris-In-Ossory during the rebellion of 1798 and about five hundred rebels were executed there, and that was how it got its nameOn Tinderry Hill over the Holy Island, there is a large oak tree growing and from that tree it was the custom of Cromwell to hang his Irish prisoners, the place goes by the name of Gallow's Hill to the present day and the tree which is still growing is called "Hangman's Tree"There was a woman in the Holy Island who knew the monks hiding place and betrayed them to Cromwell, she was baking a cake at the time and she was turned into a pillar of stone and the cake was turned into stone also and placed on her(continues on next page)- Collector
- Peggy O' Meara
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Charlie Featherstone
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 50
- Occupation
- Worker
- Address
- Roscrea, Co. Tipperary