School: Convent of Mercy, Clogheen
- Location:
- Clogheen, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Sr. M. Emmanuel Hearn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0574, Page 066
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- Folk Lore.
William Brennan.
Long ago a famous robber named Willie Brennan is supposed to have lived somewhere near Ariglin.
He used to rob the rich people and give it to the poor, and he used to watch the mail coach driver and he would take out his pistol and say to the driver "Hands up or deliver." Then the mail coach driver would have to take out everything he had in the coach and give it to Brennan.
It is said that an old
