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School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)

Location:
Kilmessan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0690, Page 079

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    A man named Crommy was murdered at Carlons gate a short distance from the village of Kilmessan. There are still blood stains seen on the stone.
    A man named Thomas Smyth was bound by local men during the time of the Black and Tans. He was a spy who was returning home from Navan when these men rushed out and bound him. They then brought him down to the Boyne and threw him in.
    A field on the Trim Longwood road which now belongs to a man named Keegan. A battle took place in this field many years ago.
    The names of the fields around here are
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