School: Darver (roll number 838)
- Location:
- Darver, Co. Louth
- Teacher: T. Mac Ardghail
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- (continued from previous page)the top was taken off and put down in bottom of the hill. Mannrac is Irish meaning gapped.
- At one time a man named Shields lived at this cross and then it was called Sheilds Cross. This man was very rich so he spent it freely. Then he died a very poor man. There was a song about this man. I do not know it all but one part went like this:
"The ducks and the quail and all kinds of game.
Inquiring for Shields of Darver". - You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.
- There is also another field in Killencoole(continues on next page)