School: Aclint, Ardee (roll number 2138)

Location:
Aclint, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Neill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 319

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0667, Page 319

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    to themselves that they would wait up that night and see what was knocking it.
    In the middle of the night a black dog lay up beside it and the men went and hid, and the black dog jumped on it and knocked it, and the men went away home and never went near it again.
    There are the ruins of an old church in Philipstown grave-yard and it was the Parish church of Tallanstown at one time.
    Written by Rose Rooney
    Reaghstown
    Told by Mrs Campbell
    Reaghstown
    Ardee on 4th May 1938
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  2. Local Song

    There upon the rocky hillside ¶ with the waste of bog below

    Local Song
    There upon the rocky hillside with the waste of bog below it.
    There the Glyde's bright waters murmur as they flow to join the sea.
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.