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School: Dunboyne (roll number 15915)

Location:
Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Teacher:
N.F. Ó Donncha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0688, Page 071

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    Old Stories of long ago
    Before 1798 Dunboyne Chapel was situated at a place called the chapel field on Courthill lands. It was burned by English soldiers but a priest escaped. He was saved by a protestant gentleman named Brasington? (At one time there was a straw hat factory here in Dunboyne "The Place is now called the Barracks Lane. People at that time to go out at night to steal cockfoot seed. They used to thresh it and sell it in Dublin market.
    from Mr P. Byrne
    Dunboyne
    Aged 57
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. penal times (~4,335)
        2. 1798 (~642)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Mr P. Byrne
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    57
    Address
    Dunboyne, Co. Meath