School: Kilmessan (C.) (roll number 4211)
- Location:
- Kilmessan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Eibhlín, Bean Uí Stín
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- (continued from previous page)it but she cried out "O Ned look at the big black dog with fire out of his mouth."
Not many weeks after this my auntie got sick and died.
There was a priest killed at this tree about 150 years ago. His name was Father OReilly and he used to live in Curtistown House and that is why it is called the "Priests Tree".
- Patrick Bannon was herding cattle in Tribley for people named Fulham. Every morning when he went out to count the cattle there was a Roan cowin the field. When he began to count there was always either one cow too much or one cow less than what there should be with the result that he had always to count a second time.
When he counted the second time the Roan cow disappeared. He(continues on next page) - Collector
- Kathleen Maguire
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Trubley, Co. Meath
