School: Baconstown (roll number 2905)
- Location:
- Baconstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Micheál Ua Coisde
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0692, Page 299
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- StoriesThere is a wall beside my house called Nancy's wall. It got its name because there was an old house there called Nancy Heavy's house. There is only a bit of one of the walls to be seen today and the people call it Nancy's wall. It was a very old house and it fell about twenty or thirty years ago. Nancy Heavy's Father's Grandfather lived there. There is also a well in Mr. Griffins field called Heavy's well. It got its name because Nancy Heavy's Father made this well and they used to get the water in it. There is also another well in Mr. Prendergast's field called St. Bridget's well. It got its name, because St. Bridget appeared to a man who was getting water in the well. The water in this well is a cure for warts. Where Johnstown house is now situated there was a monastery. But it is not certain when this monastery was destroyed. Some people say it was destroyed in the time of Cromwell. Some of the stones out of the monastery were used in building the present Johnstown house. There is a room in the house always kept as a little chapel. The articles belong to the monks that were in the monastery are in the little chapel in Johnstown.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kathleen Loughlin
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Informant
- Thomas Loughlin
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 50
