School: Clochar na Trócaire, Drangan (roll number 7232)

Location:
Drongán, Co. Thiobraid Árann
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Gráinne
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0556, Page 170

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  1. Knockilly Castle is situated about two miles from Fethard, and is in a better state of preservation and more modern than the Norman castles in the neighbourhood.
    There is a tradition in connection with this castle which is that the one time a portion of an English regiment was stationed in Fethard, one of the officers employed a local girl names Ellen Maher who fell in love with a private English soldier named William Jolly.After some time the soldier was sent away on foreign service and
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    Topics
    1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
        1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Mary Horan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Cnoc Iúrach, Co. Thiobraid Árann
    Informant
    Mr Edward Anglim
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Lios Maighneáin, Co. Thiobraid Árann