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School: Cormeen (roll number 16132)

Location:
Cormeen, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Brian T. Ó Dubhláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0707, Page 317

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    there is a great big house called Dowdstown house. It is said that when the war was on in 1779 the house was occupied by a Catholic family called Blakes. They had bitter enemies so they made a great big tunnel about half a mile in the ground, and put a cement path in the whole way through it. The arched it over head like a bridge. When the enemies were coming they would run into it and shut a great big gate after them. The tunnel is there to this day quite visible, and as good as the day it was made. It is now occupied by a man named
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Castletownmoor, Co. Meath
    Collector
    Ted Smyth
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath
    Informant
    Mrs Smyth
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Newcastle, Co. Meath