School: Kilskeer (C.) (roll number 1563)
- Location:
- Kilskeer, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Máire, Bean Uí Fhithcheallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0704, Page 569
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- There is a big hill beside our house. It is called the Deer-Park. My father told me that it got that name because long ago their was a lot of deer on it. Their are too big stones in one part of it. It is said that Crossakiel was there long ago and the stones are a mark. It is said that the black-pig passed there. There is a tree growing at a crossroads at Reddins and people say that it was there when the black-pig passed. The black-pig was really Cuculainn that was fighting against Maeve.
These stories were told by my father John Darby
- Collector
- Rose Darby
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath
- Informant
- John Darby
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Martinstown, Co. Meath
