School: Nobber (B.) (roll number 4284)
- Location:
- Nobber, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Ristéard Ó Fithcheallaigh
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- How Kilbride derived its name is not known for certain, but tradition says that once a chapel founded by Saint Brighid stood here. There was a cemetry here also. To prove the truth of this I will relate the following story. One day while a farmer was building a ditch he unreluctantly turned up on his spade the remains of a human being. He continued digging, and in the space of a few hours he unearthed quite a large amount of human bones which were removed to Castletown, and buried there. During the Winter months a light circles round the place where the bones were taken out of(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Peter Clarke
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Nobber, Co. Meath
- Informant
- William Clarke
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 65
- Address
- Nobber, Co. Meath
