School: Bennekerry, Carlow
- Location:
- Bennekerry, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Liam Ó hAodha
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- There is an old castle in Nolans of Kellistown. It was built about 300 years ago. It was built of stone and clay. There are three banks about it, and there is about five feet of water in them. A man lived in this, and it was he who put the name "The Castle Field", on this field. The banks were put there so that the animals would not break the walls.
- Collector
- Patrick Rossiter
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Johnstown, Co. Carlow
- There is a ruined castle in Brown's Hill. Hundreds of years ago a Druid used to visit this castle. There is a well in the bottom of it now. It is said that the Druid was buried in Brown's Hill, under a very large stone