School: Dundalk (St. Nicholas Monastery) (roll number 16719)
- Location:
- Dundalk, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Br. T. Ó Briain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0661, Page 119
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“I heard the following story from my grandmother: ¶ "It is said that down at the Quay in Dundalk there was an old bar.”
(continued from previous page)and he never drank again.
There is a place on the Quay situated about half-a mile outside the town. One night two boys were taken from their bed by Black-and-Tans and put against a wall and shot. The stones in memory of these two young men are still against the wall.
Felix Hoey
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“One night when I was talking to my father, I asked him how Dowdallshill got its name.”
One night when I was talking to my father, I asked him how Dowdallshill got its name. He told me the story about it.
"It was during the year 1690 when General Dowdall(continues on next page)