School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)
- Location:
- Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
- Teacher: P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 114
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- In the townland of Balgree there is a big moat partly covered with trees. In 1921 the local I.R.A. thought to discover a cave in it to be used for a dump and as sleepling place etc.
One night about nine o'clock four or five men commenced to dig a hole in it.
When then had been digging for a few hours they came upon a well built of lime and sand. When morning came they left it intending to return the following night; but that day one of them was killed and this interfered with the arrangements. The work was never resumed and the pit was afterwards filled in.
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