School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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- There lived an old man in Ratholdren whose name was Captain O Reilly. He was very kind to the crows and they used to come to him every day to be fed. When Captain O Reilly died, he was buried in Donaghmore, and from the day that he was buried the crows went to Donaghmore every day, and fly over the graveyard. After a time they deserted Rathaldron and settled in Donaghmore.
- During the troubled times there would be a great price on the "Head" of a priest, and many a time a cave came in handy to save the priests from the priest hunters.
One day they captured a young priest on the Hill of Faughan, and they brought him over to a young ash tree to hang him. When he was hanged(continues on next page)- Collector
- Christopher Stapleton
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Mrs Austin
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Farganstown, Co. Meath