School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)

Location:
Stormanstown, Co. Louth
Teacher:
P. Ó Ceallaigh
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    the Carricks. In the middle of it there is a round mound covered with trees. Around this mound the grass in the field is like a velvet lawn, and the fairies are supposed to dance round this mound in the moonlight.
    There are horse stables all through the plantations.
    -Berna Mathews, Arthurstown, Ardee, Co. Louth
    Mrs. Callan and others say that the chapel referred to overleaf was in Reaghstown, not Rathory, and was on Pat McKeever's (now Peter Hoey's) land. It was in use as a R.C. church up to the time the present church was built. P. O'Ceallaigh
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