School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)
- Location:
- Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 457
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- Some years ago there were a lot of old rifles and skeletons dug up out of the ground at Carnalway Cross Roads
There were also some rifles and spears found at Carnalway Liffey bridge.
There is a fairy rath in Sallymount lawn near the Liffey and it is said that there was a Leprechan seen in it in year's gone by. There is another one in the "box-wood" and there used to be music heard in it a long time ago.
There was a big lake in the "Grove Field" in Cannycourt and one morning when the people got up it had dried up and there was not a trace of it left except for the mud. It is said there(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Elizabeth Keenan
- Gender
- Female
