School: Ballinamona
- Location:
- Ballynamona, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Michael Mc Keon
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1007, Page 037
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- (continued from previous page)hanged died away.
His widowed Mother cursed the Castle and prayed that around it, the lark might never sing, the sun might never shine on the hall door and that the might never be an heir for the Estate.
Lady Young would voluntarily give up her own life to bring he baby to the world, but both baby and mother died. This is one of the introdition that is told about the Castle.
- The Old Castle at Bailieborough belonged to Lord Lisgar about two hundred years ago. At that time they would not let anyone tresspass on the land
The law was then that anyone interfering with the trees growing on the Estate would(continues on next page) - Collector
- Dympna Curran
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Owen Tully
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Greaghnadarragh, Co. Cavan
