School: Killossery, Kilsallaghan
- Location:
- Killossery, Co. Dublin
- Teacher: B. Ó Corbhallagh
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- (continued from previous page)There is a farm in the Ward called Bulstown Farm but I do not know why it is so called.
- I live in Kilsallaghan. There are names on some of the fields in Kilsallaghan. There is a field called the Murdering Field. It is said that there was a battle fought in that field.
There is also a field in Kilsallagan called Molly Hores Field. Molly Hore lived in a castle. There was a priest hiding in the castle with Molly. When the English soldiers came looking for the priest Molly would not let them in. They took her to a tree and hanged her on it. The tree is still pointed out in that field.
There is a field in Kilsallaghan call The Castle Field. That field is so called because there is an old castle in it. There is a moate in that field also. There is said to be an underground passage from the castle to the moate.
There is also a field called The Cocked Hat Field. and there is one(continues on next page)- Collector
- Veronica Long
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Kilsallaghan, Co. Dublin