School: Rathdowney (B.) (roll number 15595)
- Location:
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Teacher: P. Ó Héigceartaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0828, Page 064
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“There is very old circular graveyard on the east side...”
There is a very old circular graveyard on the east side of the town about one mile away. It is beside the river and there are many mounds around it a s if a town stood there long ago. The ruins of the old church still stand in the middle of the graveyard. A man named Mr Young a few years ago discovered an opening in the field outside the graveyard and commenced to excavate it but the owner of the field (Mrs Carroll) stopped him after a short time and closed the opening. Old people had the idea that this was a passage leading to some of the old monasteries in the neighbourhood. They also believed that there is treasure hidden there.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eamonn O Keeffe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Rathdowney, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mr Barber
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 75
- Address
- Harristown, Co. Laois