School: Moynalvey (roll number 7567)
- Location:
- Moynalvy, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Mrs Bridget M. Kelly
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- (continued from previous page)can be seen there today. The field surrounding it is now an old burial ground.
- My home district is Moynalvey. There are a hundred people living in the townland. Neill is the family name most common in the place.The townland of Moynalvey is a great plain. Long ago it is supposed that a Saint named "Alvey" lived here. There are the ruins of an old church beside the school. My grandfather says that it was called "St Alberts" church. Probably that is a corruption of "St Alvey".There is another story connected with the townland. A long time ago a man named Malachy owned a round tower in this townland. During a terrible thunderstorm(continues on next page)
- Collector
- John Magee
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Moynalvy, Co. Meath
- Informant
- Patrick Weldon
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Kilmore, Co. Meath
