School: Castletown

Location:
Castletown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Owen Maguire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0711, Page 292

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    died out + some of them went to America + took up their abode in New York + Boston. There are three or four woods in Knock also, they are not too big. The trees that grown on these woods are larch + Scotch larch, with a couple of beech and ash. There is a drain running at the back of our house that divides Castletown from Rathkenny. There is a small portion of Knock in Rathkenny.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Paddy Farrelly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Cross Guns, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr W. Farrellly
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Cross Guns, Co. Meath
  3. There is a holy well in one of Mr McKeever's field beside the Rectory called St. Patricks Well. It is supposed that St Patrick visited this well. There is a stone on which he knelt and the track of his knees are still to be seen on this stone. A former Protestant Minister named Longfied washed his dogs in this well. Immediately it dried up a sprung up in a different place. There are three trees around the
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