School: Moynalty (C.)

Location:
Moynalty, Co. Meath
Teacher:
(name not given)
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 023

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0706, Page 023

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    Newtown, and Rathinree. These three were connected by under ground passages all running from the Glen.
    Stirabout Hill - About 1½ miles from Moynalty on the road to Billywood. So called because men who worked at the making of it were paid with 1 lb of Indian meal for which they had to walk to Kells.
    Mullage Mór - High hill on Kingscourt road about 1 mile from Moynalty
    Singletons in Westland just beyond the river
    Furry Hill - in Baltrasna beyond river.
    [?] Chair. Stone seat under a hawtorn bush at Bellair used by an old Gentleman of that name as a summer seat.
    [?] - Roidin narrow laneway at Newtown
    Mullagh Pass. Short cut by car-way from Farnadooney through Billywood to Mullagh.
    Westland Tomb near Westland in which three members of Barnes family are buried.
    The Ranch - A field in Bellair in which
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Dorothy Carpenter
    Gender
    Female
    Informant
    Michael Reilly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Kingsfort, Co. Meath