School: Coralstown (roll number 1314)
- Location:
- Correllstown, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: P. Ó Beóláin
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John Bateman died in Lowtown House about ninety years ago and he was badly in debt.
It was the law of that time that his creditors could stop the removal of his remains until the debt was paid. They spent days stopping his removal to Killucan until finally two of his men carried him to Griffinstown. Years after his friends put a toombstone over him which is there still. - 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.
- Collector
- Annie Geraghty
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Philip Geraghty
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballinla, Co. Westmeath