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

Location:: Kilmessan, Co. Meath
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are treasures hid. If anyone is going through the wood at night they are followed by a black cat. One night Patrick Duffy was going through the wood. He saw the black cat running after him. He stooped for a stick to hunt the cat. When he turned round the cat had disappeared.
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Fotball and Hurling Matches

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There was a hurling team in Bective. Games were played there until about eight years ago. Long ago the teams did not go far away to play like they do now. The different townlands and parishes played against each other.
Twenty one men played on each side. The hurleys were made in Bective saw mills. They were longer in the handle but had a

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