School: St Columba's Abbey, Navan (roll number 882)
- Location:
- Navan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Br. Abban O' Donoghue
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 165
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - In a little grave-yard about three miles from my native town Navan, there is a stone. If this stone is taken away it always returns to the grave-yard.
The local people express the stone. "As round as a pound of Butter and as sound as the Pound of Martry. - Where the Blackwater runs along Mullens land at the Mullaghard there is an island now known as the Otter Island and nearby is a place known as Ard na Gainime?
Over 90 years ago? a number of men(continues on next page)
