School: Castletown
- Location:
- Castletown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Owen Maguire
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- (continued from previous page)are planted out where people once lived although no trace of the house remain.A few fruit trees are generally pointed out where people once lived. There are several places also called after people who lived in them. There were four houses between here + Gravelmount. One was owned by people by the name of Carolan. Another was owned by Barney Callaghan or Black John. There was another house owned by Paddy Dicks or Brian. A man of the name of Free lived at Gravelmount. From the cross of Knock, to the bridge of the Cloghan river there was a woman by the name of Mary Hill buried in Knock churchyard. There is a large stone in this churchyard with a hole in it, this was the christining font in the chapel that was there. The water in this stone is the cure for warts.
- My home townland is Leggah it is in the parish of Castletown. There are about twenty four families living in it. The most common type of houses in this townland are slated ones. Long ago there were more houses in this townland. There were three more old houses in this townland. One was built in a field called Tukerstown and occupied by a man named Pora Fada. There is another old house about a half mile from our house. There are about six people over seventy years living in this townland. There is good level fertile land in it. There are about(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Agnes Donegan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr J. Reilly
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- c. 44
- Address
- Leggagh, Co. Meath