School: St. Mary's (B.), Droichead Átha (roll number 15125)
- Location:
- Drogheda, Co. Louth
- Teacher: A. Mac Uidhlinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0680, Page 460
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“This is a true story, Cordugan is the name of the road going from Monasterboice to Mellifont.”
(continued from previous page)the road by themselves."One day when a horse was going from Monasterboice to Mellifont with food as the horse was half way on his hourney a man who wanted to see what had the horse in the baskets, stopped the Horse and looked in the basket. When he saw it was bread he took the bread out of the basket."The road was ever after called Cordugan because Dugan was the man's name."
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“This story is really true.”
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- Brendan Mc Quillan
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Old Hill, Co. Louth
- Informant
- Mary Meehan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sampson's Lane, Co. Louth