Volume: CBÉ 0460 (Part 1)

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1. A Tale about Cromwell

   

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   It is said that Cromwell spent a lot of time in the Co. Wexford where he was here in Ireland. He came from Drogheda here as is well known in history. He came into the town of Wexford and killed a lot of poor innocent people there men women and children. He showed no mercy to anyone.

   He went out on wan occasion out to a place in Barntown. There was a big estate there and there was nobody living in it this time only an old woman and her grandchild. There was a very strong castle and of course Cromwell said to himself that it would be of great use to him if he only could get it. This of course wouldn't be a very hard job as there was only a helpless woman living in it together with her young grandchild, which was only about two years of age. This day anyway he went to this woman's place which was the castle and he had a lot of soldiers with him

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   History Edit

   Date

   10 Eanáir 1938

   Item type

   Lore

   Language

   Béarla

   Writing mode

   Handwritten

   Writing script

   Gaelic script

   Informant

   • Seán Dake