School: Stamullen (roll number 3181)
- Location:
- Stamullen, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Áine, Bean Uí Ghamhna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0685, Page 356
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“In olden days the road leading through Gormanstown Village was the main road from Dublin to Belfast...”
(continued from previous page)dog to the bedroom.The man replied that he always kept his dog in the bedroom with him. When the dog entered the room he at once jumped on to the bed, the bed was a trap and the dog fell through and was killed.The Official escaped and had Gorman arrested and afterwards hanged. This is how it came to be called Gormans-town. Before that it was called Oldtown and the ancestors of the Curtis family lived there.John Clarke
Stamullen.
- Collector
- John Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Stamullen, Co. Meath