School: Kilcullen (B.)
- Location:
- Kilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Pádraig Ó Broin
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Once a boy went to gather stick and by mere chance saw the so called fairy. He stared at the fairy until the fairy like a flash threw a box of snuff in his face which made the lad turn away, when he looked back the fairy had vanished. - A siege was held in Oldkilcullen in 1798. The town was sacked & the inhabitants massacried & the walls were burnt. In Oldkilcullen there is round tower which was the refuge where the monks ran for(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peadar O Díosca
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Oldkilcullen, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- John Flanaghan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Halverstown, Co. Kildare