School: Kildalkey (B.) (roll number 867)
- Location:
- Kildalkey, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Muiris Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0695, Page 062
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- (continued from previous page)the leader said "It is yours now and yours for ever" so they left him unharmed. When Cromwell soldiers were crossing North-East Meath between the towns of Carrickmacross and Slane, they planted their guns on a steep hill near Wood-town and from there shelled the town of Syddan, and there is only left a few old ruins.
This hill is called ever since Gun Hill.John Bird.
Told by Mrs. Birds, Carnisle, Kildalkey.
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“There was a great battle fought in Kildalkey...”
There was a great battle fought in Kildalkey by the Danes. Kildalkey was a mud wall city and they burned it. There are no stories told about the famine in this parish. Cromwell fought a battle on the green of Kildalkey and he fought a battle at Earls Mill on the Stonyford river and it was called the Battle of Portlester. Cromwell visited Frayne and raided the country. From that he went(continues on next page) - Collector
- John Pender
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Thomas Davis
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballaghtalion, Co. Meath
