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School: Drumbaragh (roll number 10801)

Location:
Drumbaragh, Co. Meath
Teachers:
M. Brighid Bean Uí Draoighneáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0703, Page 524

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    (continued from previous page)
    on the fair green and an effigy of Mr. Nicholson burned. The rhyme was then recited–
    “We travelled to Drumbaragh,
    And round by Distanrath.
    ‘Till we made a handsome target,
    Of the “Tory of Balrath.”
    I got this from James Grimes, aged 71, who has now been reinstated, along with his family in a farm in Distanrath. He says that Father Nicholls, P.P., at the time of the eviction owned a farm adjoining the land he has now. The remains of Fr. Nicholl’s house are still there. James Grimes says he found a number of little pipes and turf and a hearthstone in the ruins of the old house of Fr. Nicholls.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. land management (~4,110)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Josephine Thornton
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Kells, Co. Meath
    Informant
    James Grimes
    Gender
    Male
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Balrath Demesne, Co. Meath