School: Carlingford (B.)
- Location:
- Carlingford, Co. Louth
- Teacher: C. Ó Blunaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0657, Page 063
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This is a very old building, believed to have belonged to the old City of Carlingford & there is still to be seen a horse and the head of a man carved out over one of the old stone windows. It is also believed that an old man named John Mc Kevitt found an old coin made of gold, in it, and a few days later he lost it. Shortly afterwards he died.The Tholsel
Also a very old building believed to have belonged to the old city of Carlingsford. Anyone who wanted to get into the city had to pay a toll and if he tried to get in by force, he would be caught and hanged there & then.
