School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
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- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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- In Adamstown at the back of Martin Neills house there is a fort circled with clay and stones. The ruins of an old Chapel are in the middle of the fort. It is said Colm Cill said mass there. In Mr Casey's field there is a fort called Rath Drishóg. It is a big hill circled with rocks. The townland still bears the name Rath Drishóg. In Jack Pigots field, Killeen, there is a high fort surrounded with banks. In the middle of it the fairies tached their little houses with feathers.(continues on next page)