Farmers FieldFarmer's Field is situated at t he back of Clonmellon National School. It is called so because people named Farmer 's owned it.
Reids FieldReids Field is situated at the back of the Market Square, Clonmellon. It is so called because people named Reid's owned it.
Milking FieldWhen Chapmans owned Killua they used to set it to the people of the town. They used to put their cows in it and milk them there.
The Mill FieldThe Mill Field in Hartlands is so called because there is a mill in it.

Cough. when a person with the Whooping Cough is put under and over an ass three times it is said to cure him. A red ribbon tied around the neck by the godfather is also a cure.Diphtheria
A glass of paraffin oil is a cure for diphtheria.A Thorn
Mrs Garry, Clonmellon has a cure for this but will not tell it.A Sty
To prod the sty with a gooseberry thorn three times a day for three days.(Michael McMahon from his mother, Mrs McMahon, Clonmellon).

In Ballinlough outside Clonmellon there are the ruins of an old church. As the owners of Ballinlough were Catholics this was a Catholic Church. It must have been a long time ago when that church was used because very little of it is to be seen.In olden times a mud walled church with a thatched roof was used for hearing Mass in by the people of Killallon. In stormy weather the roof of this church blew off and every time the people put on a new one it blew off again. Nothing remains of this except a marble Holy Water font.
In one of the fields at the back of Clonmellon, known as "Cnoc na Riogh" there is a large cave. This cave is said to lead to Kells but it is not certain as nobody has ever followed it.
On the estate of Killua there is a tunnel coming from the castle and leading down under the lake and out on an island in the centre of the lake.There is another tunnel on Killua domain leading from an old ice-house down through

When the sun comes out too soon after a shower people know rain will follow.In Clonmellon when the Lough Crew hills look near Mary Black brings in the clothes for she knows the rain is coming.Nurse will not bring the children out for a walk when she sees dust flying about low on the road in "willow the wisp".The children hurry home from school when they hear the ducks quack loudly for they do not want to get wet.We have a hard push on our bicycles when the wind is from Ballinlough to Clonmellon and there will also be rain with it.When roads dry up too quickly after a shower it is a sign that they will soon be as wet again. After a heavy fall of rain when bogs get filled up if they dry too soon it is a sign that they will be filled again just as soon.Most herds watch to see if the sheep are lying on the hills (-) if so it will be a fine day. Old people say that when a rainbow points from North to South we will have

Turpentine and wadding will cure a tooth ache.
A drink of hot punch is a cure for the measles
When you get a sprained ankle rub it with goose grease
A little weed grows in the fields around Clonmellon called "The Cat's Paw"; it is usually called "Crúibín an Cait" by the people. This weed is said to have the cure of the Yellow Jaundice
Sore eyes are often cured by bathing them with cold tea every morning until they are cured.The juice of boiled laurel leaves is often used also when cold for sore eyes.(Told to us by different people in Clonmellon)

these names we can trace the sound of hers.
Prince Aulinn's name may be traced in that of the district called Killallin (sometimes Kilacroy). It's possible that in many old place names the prefix "Kil" or Kill comes from "Coill" a wood rather than from "Cill" a church. Therefore Killallon would mean the wood of Aulinn.
Prince Rosear's name remains in the old name sometimes given to the village of Clonmellon. In Irish it is "Rascin" (pronounced "Rash-keen"). The name of the district call Kilrush may mean the Wood of Roscan.
Mella has left her name in Clonmellon - the meadow lands of Mella, and in 'Cnoc Mellion'. Mella's Hill or the Burial Mound of Mella.
There is little more to tell. Mella married Prince Aulinn and they ruled the whole country around after Roscan's death. Mella, herself, did not escape the anger of the people for her share in bringing about the death of the heroes. Their curse, as well as the curse of an uneasy conscience blasted the remainder of her life and pursued her even into the shades of Tir-na-nOg, for after her death when they buried her on the Hill of the Sycamores and piled the great mound of Cnoc Million over her, her spirit knew no rest. Sycamores were re-planted all over the mound and it was believed that as long as a single sycamore

RibbandismThere was a Mr. Connell, Killskyre, a farmer. He sold oats to a boycotted man at a market in Clonmellon. One morning he was coming home from mass with his mother and sister on the side-car when they were met by four men with clubs. This car was the first car home. One of the men held the horse while the other pulled the son down of the car and beat him black with the clubs while his mother and sister tried to save him

stockings.
There is a cobbler's shop called Tobins in Clonmellon. Long ago Tobins made boots. They bought the leather and cut it out, then they sewed it together on a machine with hemp. They finished the boots off by hand and sold them to shop keepers. Now Tobins do not make boots but they sole and mend them.

makes nails for his living and who used to live in a small hut beside this bush.The "Bush of Killalow" situated about a mile or two outside Clonmellon so called because the ribbon men used to meet there.

The famine lasted three years 46, 47, 48. The years were called black. In Clomellon there is a Market Square, which a little house was built and in this house Indian Meal used to be made for the poor people. The pot in which this porriage was made in is still to be got in Clonmellon, in Tom Fay's yard. The potato crop failed and the people had no other crop to feed them. The people got a terrible disease that time called the 'Colora'. There used to eat a green herb that they got in the field called the "Slanis" they used to eat "Brasna", also.

CRUIC NA RíMy uncle James Fox own Cruic na Rí in Clonmellon. It is a field with a big hill in it. The old kings used to live in it and Nill of the Hostages lived on it for a

Collected by James Smyth LoughanbreanTold by Rose Shaffrey Stirrupstown Clonmellon Co. Meath.

The Pooka is a weird looking creature, half-horse and half-pig that haunts the "Wild Farm" so called from its wild and barren aspect, having a plentiful supply of furze and briars. The "Wild Farm" is situated in the townland of Paristown Westmeath and is shunned by all and sundry after sun-down. A [path?] runs through this farm often availed of by people walking to and from Clonmellon. The path leads by the side of a dismal looking pool (said to be bottomless) known as the "Pooka's pool" as it is in the vicinity of this pool the Pooka shows himself. The pool is about twelve feet below the level of the path. Any person taking this short cut after night fall not being familiar with the story will get a very unpleasant shock, when, in a

This is a true story. Mary Leonard of Sheepstown Delvin was working in Clonmellon. One night at about 8 oclock she had to go out to get some coal. When she went out to where the coal was she heard strange crying & she thought it was some children. She went in & told the priest (She worked in his house) The priest went out & when he heard the crying, he said "That's the banshee" Then they went in & no sooner were they in than a wire came to say that the priests mother was dead. The people said the banshee came to warn him about his mother.

John Leavey, Kilrush, Clonmellon has the cure of this disease, because he is a seventh son. Those suffering from it must go to him three days in succession.
He rubs his hand on the affected

The local roads in my district are the monument road, the Green road, and Moore's road. The Monument road is so called because there is a monument on it. This road leads from the Clonmellon to the Athboy road. The Green road is so called because there is a fair green beside it. This road leads from Delvin to Collinstown. It is not known when these roads were made. There are a few old roads in the district, but they are all still in use. There is a Mass path through South Hill, and people cross it going to mass.

The local people tell stories of Cromwell. It is said that he came to Ballinlough Castle, near Clonmellon, and sent one of his men to demand it off the owner whose name was OReilly. OReilly took a sword, hung the keys of the castle on it, and told the messenger that the person that would take them off the sword might take the castle.
When Cromwell heard of his bravery he did not ask to fight

(2 Mls. E of Clonmellon)No one can live in Tandy's except a Tandy since Napper Tandy died. Willie McCormack slept in it when Tandys were away. About one o'clock at night he heard steps coming up the stairs. He was caught by the back of the neck and flung out of the door. He could see no one at all. He died in a month afterwards with the fright. (ditto)

When one of the Chapmans died the herd of Killua went into the Churchyard with two dogs looking for sheep. They crossed the Chapman's Grave and the two dogs disappeared.There is an old house in Slate Row Clonmellon where two men breaking an old floor to put in a new one found a box of old coins under the floor.