School: Ballyboghill
- Location:
- Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: P.J. Connolly
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 344
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- (continued from previous page)Seastown called the bottoms because it is very wet and marshy.
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“There was an orchard in "The Forest" once owned by Mr Synes....”
There was an orchard in "The Forest" once owned by Mr Syney and there was lovely fruit grown in it. One night some people went in to steal fruit and they saw a man walking on top of the hedge. Another night a man came down an apple-tree with no head on him.
There is a road between Swords and Donabate Co. Dublin called the Hearse Road because long ago a hearse used to go down that road every night without horses.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Finnegan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 70
- Occupation
- Labourer
- Address
- Murragh, Co. Dublin
