School: Kellystown, Dunleer (roll number 3154)
- Location:
- Kellystown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chathail
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“Sir John Robinson who lived in Roke-by Hall long ago was a very famous man, he was a great landlord.”
Sir John Robinson who lived in Rokeby Hall long ago was a very famous man, he was a great landlord. There is an old Church to be seen there still, the bell of it is there also, all the rest of it is used as store rooms and other purposes. Sir John's suit of Arms are to be seen there also. There are heads of deers and wild animals all around the walls. There is a field there called the round O as there are large trees growing in the middle of it and it is built with stones and cement. There is a cave in it and it opened some time ago there were rooms to be seen in it. In the house there is a room which the walls of it are built of marble, the doors are made of iron, and there are no windows on it. It is a room into which a mouse cannot get. There is a spinning wheel in one of the rooms for spinning wool of the sheep into thread. There was a cemetry in it some years ago. There is not much(continues on next page)