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School: Athboy (C.)

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Athboy, Co. Meath
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Brighid, Bean Uí Mhácháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0696, Page 484

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    of wood across the rivers
    Long ago on a Sunday evening the custom was to hold a dance in the nearest house to the crossroads.
    There is a heap of stones in Castletown where a man named Reilly was killed. There is a cross on the Kells road where a man commited suicide and there is one in Clifton but it is not known who was killed there.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peggie Ryan
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Brown
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Athboy, Co. Meath