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School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

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Robertstown, Co. Meath
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Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 208

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    chapel in which are buried the Drakes of Drakerath. It is believed that there is a tunnel running under this graveyard and it was seen by men who were opening a grave for Anne Ball of Staholmog. There are people buried in this graveyard by the name of Dyas who owned Staholmog. When one of the Dyas' was buried there was a man who lived near by named John O Reilly who was nicknamed "the Gripper". He did not like Dyas because he had evicted him from his house four times, and he went into the graveyard and danced on the grave saying "You are there now and the devil thank you." This churchyard
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Jane O' Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Drakerath, Co. Meath