School: Cushinstown (roll number 3146)
- Location:
- Cushinstown, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Rita Dardis
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0686, Page 036
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- (continued from previous page)but after some time he got his treasure still undisturbed.
"Redshanks" never came to this part of the country again.
- Skryne is a parish in the barony of Skryne. This parish was anciently called Scrinium Scancti Columbae and appears to have derived its name from the Shrine of Colmcille having been brought from England to Ireland in (875) and deposited in the monastery there.
The Danes twice plundered this religious establishment. During the 11th century and it was likewise ravaged by the inhabitants of Teaffia in (1058) and (1152). On the settlement of Meath by Hugh De Lacy this place became the property of Adam Feypo who erected a castle there; his family(continues on next page) - Collector
- Patrick Fowler
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmoon, Co. Meath
