School: Killallon (roll number 5207)
- Location:
- Boherard, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Stiophán Ó Scalaighe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0715, Page 454
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- (continued from previous page)family is loved so much. Cromwell knocked a chapel at Diamor, the chapel in the graveyard, chapel in Kilua, chapel at Ball's gate, chapel at Kilskyre, and a chapel at Clonarney. He killed Druids and priests in the chapel at the graveyard. Cromwell put a very famous family out of Loughcrew. Their names were Plunkett. He put a soldier named Naper into live in it and his decendants are in Lough to this very day. There was a castle in Bennett's field and Cromwell stood on a hill called Crokeagunny which means hill of the guns was called after Cromwell for it was on this hill he stood when he knocked the chapel in the grave yard and the caslt ein Bennett's field. Cromwell went to Lord Gormans castle and met(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Nora Smyth
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Michael Briody
- Gender
- Male
