School: Walterstown (roll number 10356)
- Location:
- Walterstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Proinseas, Bean Uí Cheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 140
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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. - Not so many years ago the Protestants used to be buried in the Catholic Church of Temple Kiernan. Any time, any time a person was buried in it, on the night of the burial. the coffin would be lifted and left outside the gate of the church. One night the "Police" were put to watch who it was who was bringing out the corpse. So they stayed there all night and when they were going home in the morning, they saw the corpse outside the gate. They never saw anyone bringing it out. (7th January 1938).
- Seven Little MenOne time there lived in Walterstown a man named Phil Boland. His children were all very small at that time. This happened on(continues on next page)
