School: Finea (roll number 10599)
- Location:
- Finnea, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Kathleen Hackett
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0719, Page 047
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- Finea is a very ancient village. It is supposed to exist from the earliest times. This townland was owned by an Irish Chieftain called " The Black Baron " or " Barne " before the coming of the Normans. He was dreaded by everyone as he was very harsh and cruel. A relative of his named (-) lived in a Castle at Ross Co Meath. The " Barne " himself lived with his half-brother in a Castle in Finea about a couple of perches south of the Inny. One evening when the Barne was quarrelling with his half-brother over a piece of oaten bread the chief from Ross got angry with him and killed him.
Side Note:-At Greville's Tomb in Fore Co. Westmeath a tomb erected in memory of the Grevilles - a coffin bearing the arms of the Black " Barne " or Baron of Ross is to be seen. It is dated 1680.
- Collector
- Kathleen Hackett
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Finnea, Co. Westmeath
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Cheevars
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 73
- Address
- Finnea, Co. Westmeath
