School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0682, Page 064
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- Name: Pass (Pass if you can)
Townland: Pass
Parish: Donore
Barony: Lower Duleek
Number of families: Four
Number of people:
Family name most common:
Types of houses: Slated
How the townland got its name: The townland got its name after the Battle of the Boyne. It is said that William's soldiers held the pass and when James' men came along William's soldiers said "Pass if you can". Before this it was called Braniganstown.
Older people: No one over 70
Houses: Houses are more numerous than they were in former times.
The townland is not mentioned in song.
The land is very hilly, but fertile. There is one wood called the 'Green Wood'.
- Collector
- Kathleen Mc Guinness
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Sheephouse, Co. Meath
