School: Johnstown (roll number 877)
- Location:
- Johnstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Miss H.C. Hickie
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- One of Mrs Lynch's field is called the Black Church field. There was a monastery there at one time and was supposed to be connected with Kilcairne and Bective churches. by caves.
When a child, Mrs Lynch remembers to be taken out by her father to hear the hollow sound made by the mowing machine in the field
There is no trace of the church there now except an occasional stone sticking up out of the ground.
When Dean Cogan was collecting material for his books on "The Diocese of Meath" this field was being tilled. Plenty of human bones are turned up by the plough. He advised them to leave it so and although it is the best land on the farm it has never been touched since. - 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.
- Informant
- Mrs John Lynch
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Oldtown, Co. Meath