School: Woodpole (roll number 7942)

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   But he hid on her and she jumped back and immediately the stones fell out and became a very large heap and there is over a hundred loads in it. She had no power to leave where she was. She shivered on her feet and fell dead. Underneath the stones the earth formed into a lovely cave.
   On the top of Patrickstown Hill there is a lovely bog covered with a lovely coat of heather. A few yeas ago a man discovered coal in a tunnel when he was trying to cut to the heart of the hill.
   At the side of my house on Pax Mc Donald's land, Ballgree there is a little fort and in it lies a moat about six perches in circumferences about two fields from that there is a hill shaped like a cock of hay on the top of it there is another moat.
   Onetime lately a lot of men thought that they would get gold in it. But when they hit the top of it with a crowbar the crowbar sank into the earth and they could hear it going down for over five minutes which shows it is a very deep cave.
   Sliabh an Coille is in the midst of Captain Napper's domain. At the back of the hill

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      1. events (by time of year) (~11,476)

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Patrick Mc Namee

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Balgree, Co. Meath

   Informant

   James Mc Namee

   Relation

   Parent

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Balgree, Co. Meath