School: Cabra, Kingscourt
- Location:
- Cabra, Co. Cavan
- Teacher: Violet Irwin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 1008, Page 174
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- In the townland of Breslanstown, there are ruins of a very ancient castle.
It was said that, long ago, this castle was very beautiful and very large.
I have heard that it was destroyed during some of the wars in Ireland, so these ruins must be very old. I was told by some of the neighbours that there was a very dark dungeon in it and some of the inhabitants hid in this dark dungeon and were starved to death.
Nothing now remains but the old walls covered with ivy.
- Collector
- Ruby Shekleton
- Gender
- Female
