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School: Rochfortbridge (B.) (roll number 1122)

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Rochfortbridge, Co. Westmeath
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0730, Page 471

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  1. Connell's Fort (continued)

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    It is said that if you cut a lone bush in the fort some misfortune would happen you that night. One day a man was fencing he threw a bush on the fairy path and the two wheels of his bicycle that night. There were never anything heard or seen in it.
    Edward Whelehan
    age 46.
    I got the information from my father.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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