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School: Ballinlough (roll number 9238)

Location:
Ballinlough Big, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P. Mac Domhnaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 147

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 147

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  3. XML “The First Train in Meath”
  4. XML “Place Names”
  5. XML “A Mermaid Cross”
  6. XML “Further Reference to the Plunkett Tomb”

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  1. The First Train in Meath (continued)

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    Bishops Blessing) I was handling young horses for 60 years and other animals and I was putting a halter on a Bull one time he was 2 years old in Mc Namees of Balgree and he made a race at me and just ripped the buttons out of my waist-coat right up to the top but I escaped. His horns were short.
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  2. Place Names

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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    D.F. O' Sullivan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballybeg, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Tom Keogan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    80
    Occupation
    Farmer
    Address
    Balgree, Co. Meath

  3. A Mermaid Cross

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    There is a Cross down at the Station of Virginia Rd. where a man was killed by accident back in 1844. it is a plain Cross beside the road. Fr. Murray of Kilskyre attended him.
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  4. Further Reference to the Plunkett Tomb

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    I saw Smiths buried there relatives of the Plunketts underneath this Tombstone. Fr. Pat Smiths father and Mother. Fr. S. is the biggest man ever you "seen". He was imprisoned during the trouble. He is very fond of races.
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