School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)

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1. How The Crows Came To Donaghmore

   

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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.

   

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2. An Ash Tree On The Hill of Faughan

   

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   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

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   Topics

   1. agents (~1)
      1. supernatural and legendary beings (~14,864)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Christopher Stapleton

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Navan, Co. Meath

   Informant

   Mrs Austin

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Farganstown, Co. Meath