School: Faughalstown (roll number 9622)
- Location:
- Faughalstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Gabhann
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 484
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“There is an old castle near Derravargh's shore in Faughalstown called the Old Court or Mortimer's Castle.”
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution.- In olden times there lived in Faughalstown a man who was very fond of going out to Milltown on a ceilidhe. One night as he was returning home about twelve o'clock he met a lot of little red men kicking foot-ball.One of them said when he saw him coming "Kick the ball to Padna." On hearing this he got very much afraid, but they told him not to be afraid but to come and kick football with them. He did as they asked him and they kicked and kicked till they were tired, then they asked him to go for a ride. He said he would for he was too much afraid to say no, in case they would do him some harm. They then put him sitting on a bullock and told him not to speak until they would leave him back in the same place again. So they all went riding the bullocks until they reached the river Boyne. When(continues on next page)