School: Naul (roll number 1170)

Location:
Naul, Co. Dublin
Teacher:
C. Mac Fhíonntaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0787, Page 69

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    STONE-ROOFED HOUSE. (Westpalatown-between Oldtown and Ballyboughal. Half way).
    Was said to be the residence of the priest long ago. At present the ruins of the old church are close at hand in the graveyard. This stone house was pillaged by Cromwell. There is a gap leading from the stone house to the church through which the priest was accusated to pass. The tradition is that no hedge plants will grow in this gap though attempts have often been made to do so. Others say that the stone-roofed house was used for storing ammunition for British soldiers two or three hundred years ago.
    BALLYBOUGHAL. On the opposite side of the road at the churchyard there was a monastery house which is said to have been destroyed by Cromwell on hos way to Drogheda. In the old church (which many say belonged, and was built by the monks) some twenty seven years ago a large bullet was found in one of the walls by a
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyboghil, Co. Dublin