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School: Kilbeg (roll number 11039)

Location:
Robertstown, Co. Meath
Teacher:
Aodh Ó Duibhgeannáin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0709, Page 200

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    There are the ruins of an old castle in the townsland of Gravelstown that was built in the year 1822, by people named Floods who used to live in a little thatched house in Gravelstown. When the Floods had the castle finished they went to live in it; they were about nine years living in the castle when one night a crowd of men named Reillys came to the castle and called the Floods saying, "If the door is
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Nan Gaffney
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Staholmog, Co. Meath