School: Brownstown (C.), Curragh Camp (roll number 16303)

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Brownstown Upper, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Bean Uí Dubhshláine
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    For many years old people could point out a spot on the Curragh as the grave of a priest killed at the Rath in 1798.

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    1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)
        1. Fianna (~595)
    2. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
        2. 1798 (~642)
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    A big stone on the top of a hill called Knockaulin, between Ballysax and Old Kilcullen...

    A big stone on the top of a hill called Knockaulin, between Ballysax and Old Kilcullen, is said by P Moran, Ballysax Hills, to have been thrown there by Fionn Mc Cool from the Hill of Allen.
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