School: Cill Cruim / Killocrim (roll number 17072)

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   The rooms were decorated with costly and rare paintings and were very spacious. They had lovely gardens and magnificent flowers grew in them. Here and there were lovely marble statues pillars.
   In the castle were lords and Ladies who had feasts and banquets every day. They used to entertain people and go boating in the river Brick. Their food each day consisted of a huge bullock some fat sheep and dozens of wild foul.
   The Fitzmaurice made heroic but unsuccessful attempts to run the river under the windows of the castle so that they could fish from them. The mark of the attempt to do this is still to be seen.
   The Fitzmaurice were very cruel people. The following is an instance of their cruelty. One day the daughter of one of the Lords who lived in the castle said to her

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   History Edit

   Topics

   1. earraí
      1. struchtúir de dhéantús an duine
         1. séadchomharthaí (~6,794)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Seán D. Ó Loinsigh

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Cill Átha Chroim, Co. Chiarraí

   Informant

   Patrick Lynch

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Baile Uí Odhragáin, Co. Chiarraí