School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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- Collector
- Peggie Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Patrick Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
- Address
- Oldbridge, Co. Meath
- On top of a high hill called "Molly Moor" near Sheephouse, Drogheda, is a little house which is called the Dead Man's House.About 50 years ago a man named Patrick Coogan was ploughing this field and the plough got stuck under a great stone. When the stone was raised it was found that underneath it was a sort of vault in which was an urn or skillet. In the urn were a skull, ashes, and some massive bones.It is said that the big flag which covered the vault came from Tullyeskar, and that the body must have(continues on next page)