School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 260
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- (continued from previous page)buried under that rock.
There is a Mass path going through Jamestown to an old Church on the side of the old road. The ruins of the Church is to be seen yet with a big Cross made from stone on the wall.
- There is a Mass Rock in Tom Crinnigans field Castletown.G. The place that it is in is locally known as the Bush Field. In the middle of the field there is a lone bush and under the bush the Mass Rock is situated.
There is another place in Tom Crinnigan's land and it is called Cill Breda. There is a Mass Rock and the ruins of an old Church in that field.
There was an old Church in the graveyard of Castletown. It was a Catholic Church. One day a lot of Protestants knocked it down and built a Protestant Church out of the stones. The Protestant Church is standing there yet.
Long ago a man lived in this district named Sam Robinson. He was Priest hunter. He killed seven Priests in one week and after a few days he was himself.(continues on next page) - Collector
- J. Hyland
- Informant
- J. Keenan
- Gender
- Unknown
- Address
- Kippinduff, Co. Westmeath
