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School: Clochar na Trócaire, An Uaimh (roll number 16100)

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Navan, Co. Meath
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An tSr. Concepta le Muire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0700, Page 024

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  1. A Ghost Story (continued)

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    them but set out with them to see was it true. As they approached the cemetery neither of the girls could see anything, but, all at once the old woman fell at their feet and they soon found out she was dead. The spirit was the man she was about to marry, but who met with an accident and was killed when they were both very young.
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  2. The Churchtown Fable

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    About a mile from Navan, Co. Meath, there is a small graveyard called Churchtown. It is a very old churchyard and there are old ruins to be seen it it. The people living nearby tell a number of stories connected with this place. Travellers by night are always afraid passing this graveyard as it is said that weird cries have often been heard coming from it.
    One night a man who was returning from the fair in Navan passed this way and he noticed that he heard a footstep following him
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nancy Blake
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Commons, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mr C. Blake
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    60
    Address
    Commons, Co. Meath