School: Clochar Loreto, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

Location:
Navan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
An tSr. M. Colm
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  1. St. Anne's Church and Well are situated about three miles north of Navan at a place called Randalstown. It is believed to have been the private place of worship of the Everard family in olden times as the Everard family was a Catholic family then. It may be here mentioned that an Everard lost all his possessions on account of his fighting with Irish at the "Batle of the Boyne".
    An underground passage leads from the Chapel to Randalstown House, a quarter of a mile distant. The entrance
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    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kitty Matthews
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Rathaldron, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Patrick Matthews
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rathaldron, Co. Meath