School: Dunboyne (C.) (roll number 15917)
- Location:
- Dunboyne, Co. Meath
- Teachers: Seosaimhín Ní Chonmidhe Uná Frinse
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- In the townland of Black Hall about four miles from Dunboyne, Mrs. Rogers owns a farm of land. On the farm there is a place called the Rathin. It is round in shape with a high bank of earth round it and a tree in the middle of it.
The old people never allowed anyone to cut bushes or branches of the tree or even plough in the field. There was a tradition that a man went out to plough it once. He was not long at work when he said the horses were turned upside down by a rushing wind.
In the summer time there used to be little paths round the fort and the old people said it's the place where the fairies dance.Told to Patricia Dunican
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- Collector
- Betty Hughes
- Gender
- Female