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School: Knockcommon (roll number 16549)

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Knockcommon, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Sighle Nic Aibhsc
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0684, Page 162

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    My Home District
    My home district is known as Gilltown, which is situated in the townland of Gilltown in the parish of Rosnaree and in the barony of Slane.
    There are six families in the district - Smith’s Boylan’s. Gorman’s and three families of Lenehan’s with thirty eight people in all. The types of the local houses are thatched and slated three two - story and three cottages.
    Houses were not as numerous in former times as they are to day. The most common name is Lenehan.
    Rosnaree is mentioned in the poem known as, “The Burial of King Cormac”
    “Bury me at Rosnaree and face me to the rising sun”
    There is but one wood in the locality known as the Rosnaree Wood.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Maureen Lenhan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gilltown, Co. Meath