School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0689, Page 061
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is an old story told from old people in this place that happened in Baytown Park about three miles from Dunboyne.
People were afraid to live in this place as they used to say it was haunted. Some people bet a man money that he would not sleep in the house one night and they would give him a gun and a barrel of beer.
He get drunk and went into the house. After a while he went to bed and fell asleep. He wakened after a while and he thought he saw somebody's eye peeping through the food of the bed at him. He shot it and it was his big to. So that ended the ghost in BaytownA priest had a boy working for him and this boy used to go out every night to play cards and stay out late. One night the(continues on next page)
