School: Lankill (roll number 16904)
- Location:
- Lankill, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Seán Ó Cibhil
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- Denis Brown's Castle
Long ago when Denis Brown was living in Mountbrown he had a fine castle with one hundred and one rooms. Many persons used to go to see the fine castle and when they would go into the rooms they could not get out because every place they would walk around they would see themselves in a mirror. There were four or five rooms that were locked up and it is said that no one ever opened those doors. Some one did open one of the doors and it is said that the person was taken and never seen or heard of after that again. It is said that some people when passing this big castle saw(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Duffy
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
- Informant
- Tom Mc Guire
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Lanmore, Co. Mayo
