School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0690, Page 079
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- (continued from previous page)The Cobblers Wood, a cobbler named Marmion lived there.
- A man named Crommy was murdered at Carlons gate a short distance from the village of Kilmessan. There are still blood stains seen on the stone.A man named Thomas Smyth was bound by local men during the time of the Black and Tans. He was a spy who was returning home from Navan when these men rushed out and bound him. They then brought him down to the Boyne and threw him in.A field on the Trim Longwood road which now belongs to a man named Keegan. A battle took place in this field many years ago.The names of the fields around here are(continues on next page)
