Wardtown Castle
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There is a famous castle about three miles outside Ballyshannon. It is known as Wardtown Castle. It was there the “Colleen Bawn” lived with her father Squire Folliott. The Colleen Bawn” fell in love with an outlaw, Willie Reilly, but her father would not allow her to marry him. Willie Reilly was arrested and put in jail. The “Colleen Brawn” got sick and lost her memory, and her father was very much upset. So an order was made to release Willie Reilly and he and the “Colleen Bawn” got married.