School: Ballyadams (roll number 894)

Location:
Baile Adaim, Co. Laoise
Teacher:
P. Ó Bruadair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0836, Page 143

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  1. On Sunday evening my father and myself went for a walk to Ballyadams Castle. I began asking him questions about it. He told me people were killed there years ago. The man that owned it was very wicked his name was "Shaun a Fiaca". Then we came along to Ballyadams churchyard and we saw him drawn on a tombstones also his wife and children.
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  2. One night three men were sitting around a fire chatting. One of them began to boast of what he could do. He said he would visit a churchyard at any part of the night and pick up human bones. They decided that two
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    Topics
    1. seánra
      1. ealaín bhéil (~1,483)
        1. scéalta grinn (~6,086)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Brigid Ní Chonaire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    An Corrbhaile, Co. Laoise