School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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“At one time there was a graveyard Rathleek.”
At one time there was a graveyard Rathleek. The bodies of the soldiers who were killed in the battle of Bogganstown were put in the graveyard. There was a road through Bogganstown to Maynooth. There were houses on the roadside. There was a widow living in one of the houses named Rose Glynn her husband was an English soldiers were in camp at Leixlip. There were rebels in hiding at the back of Rose Glynn's house in a field of wheat. Rose used to carry food from Leixlip to them. One day when she was in Leixlip one of the English soldiers saw her and told her that they were going to attack the rebels. She went home and told (him) them they were to escape. The Rebels went to Kilcock and when the English army came they burned the wheat expecting to find the bodies of the rebels but they were gone. One of the English soldiers said "The nests are there but the birds have flown. Chrissie Hollywood- Collector
- Chrissie Hollywood
- Gender
- Female