School: Whitecross, Julianstown (roll number 3380)
- Location:
- Whitecross, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Criostóir Breathnach
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- Collector
- Eileen Boylan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mrs Mc Donald
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Julianstown, Co. Meath
- King James the second of England slept in Ballygarth Castle, on his way to meet William at the battle of the Boyne. His bed is still to be seen in Ballygarth. In the time of the late Colonel Pepper, the bed was remade every week. The bed is covered on top by a canopy, and it is surrounded by curtains, and there are three steps leading up to it. His hat is left carelessly lying on the bed exactly as King James left on his way to the(continues on next page)