School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 149
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- (continued from previous page)they took him down and buried him. The tree which can still be seen never grew an inch taller, and the leaves are real small, and are dotted with red spots.
- Probably Cnoc na [?]
a = u in many words in [?]There is a hill beside our land the name of it is "Cnoc na Gainne" and it is said that there was fairies on the hill and that they had a pass along a lane that is near our house and that they crossed the road and that there was a stable built on the pass and every cow or calf in the stable would die. And the people in the house would hear singing every night. - Collector
- Jack Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Bellewstown, Co. Meath
