School: Stormanstown, Ardee (roll number 9371)
- Location:
- Stormanstown, Co. Louth
- Teacher: P. Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0668, Page 092
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- (continued from previous page)the two end walls and the cross wall are mud walls.
The townland of Coole is supposed to have got its name from and old chief who ruled over a district here and who had his palace near the place where now the farmyard of Edward Carragher stands. His name was Muragh Mac Cuel. This place is now called after him.
There is a man on the borders of Coole, named John Rice. He is over seventy years of age. He told a story in our house one night of a man named Mc Cartney who used to straggle (I.E., ceilidh) in John's father's house.
One night Mc Cartney left their house to go home. It was after eleven(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mattie Burns
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Coole, Co. Louth
