School: Abbey (B.), Celbridge (roll number 5350)
- Location:
- Celbridge, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: P. J. McManus
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0773, Page 349
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- Stories of Raths.There are many stories told in Celbridge about the raths in the nieghbourhood. A story I heard about The Mound in the townland of the Commons is as follows:A local man by the name of Fitzgerald better known as The Boyo Fitzgerald, a workman of Miss O'Conors was given the job of leveling The Mound about twenty five years ago. He came down one Saturdeay with a pick, a showvel and a spade. The first shovel of clay he tried to take out was in vain, owing to a flock of robins that lit on the spade and on the mound so thickly that he could not move it(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Pádraig Mac Áirt
- Gender
- Male
