School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)

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Dunboyne, Co. Meath
Teachers:
Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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    came into the possession of a women. But a man named Blackbyrne went into Dublin and bought it over her head because she did not pay the rent. She prayed that it would be without the name of a Blackbyrne, as Maggie Blackbyrne is the last of the Blackbyrnes
    There is a moat on the farm of Knockhudder. One night Kit Blackbyrne (R.I.P.) was returning home from the fields he met about a hundred white mice coming down from the moat. The mice were supposed to be fairies.
    Chrissie Hollywood
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.