School: Enfield (roll number 8194)
- Location:
- Innfield, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Edward Farrell
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“The old village of Enfield was further up on the Dublin Road near the Double Ditch...”
From Miss Donegan, Drummond, Enfield 13th May 1935The old village of Enfield was further up the Dublin Road near the Double Ditch - where James Shanley's house and garden now stand. The Double Ditch marked the boundary of the Pale at one period. Enfield should be called Innfield on account of the Royal Oak Inn which was in the village, at the time of the Mail Coaches. Bianconi's Coaches used to stop and change horses in McDermott's Yard.
The Mail Coach was robbed one day at Grange - about 3 miles from Enfield - by a Captain O'Connor of Daingean Castle, Summerhill. He did it single-handed using "dummies" as a ruse to make driver and passengers think they were up against great odds. O'Connor took a lot of money as the Coach was bringing down pay for the Military at Mullingar.- Informant
- Miss Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Drummond, Co. Meath