School: Coolronan (roll number 16247)
- Location:
- Coolronan, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Bean Uí Chonmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0694, Page 465
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The people would go on horseback to meet the bridegroom coming. The women rode at the back of the horse which was called the cuileóg.
- 1. The Sheep Walk: It is a field on the roadside on the road from Rathkeenan to Athboy.
2. The Little Sheep Walk: It is a little field off the Sheep-Walk. There is another field between it and the road.
The Black Field: It is a field on the roadside on the roadside on the road from Rathkeebab to Athboy. It is between the little Sheep-Walk & the road.
The high Clover: The Sheep-Walk is between it the road from Rathkeenan to Athboy, but it touches the road from Ballyboy to Kildalkey
The Lime-Kilm: It is a field on the same road as the Sheep-Walk. There is no track of a lime-kiln in it now but it is probable that there was one in it former times.
6. The Shaubery or "Slobbery" Gap: It is a gap between(continues on next page) - Collector
- Mary Kiernan
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathkenna, Co. Meath
