School: Stackallen (roll number 1309)

Location:
Stackallan, Co. Meath
Teacher:
P.T. Mac Gabhann
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  1. This school is situated at a cross roads. The road going to the south is called the French lane. Long ago French people lived on it. There is a turn on it called Sam's turn. People say that if anyone passed that turn at mid-night with a light that Sam's ghost would put out the light. There is also a grove on that road which is called Charlie's Grove. People say that if anyone went into that grove after twelve o'clock at night that Charlie's ghost would appear.
    I live on the Rushwee road. There is a lane branching off that road which is called Avelstown Lane. There is also another lane branching off that road which is called Bóithrín a Púca. It is two miles long and it crosses Barristown Hill and goes down to the ford at the river Boyne. People say that long ago those lanes were part of the Dublin-Derry-coach-road. There is also another lane branching off the Barristown road which is called the Crúca. There are two Mass Paths which I know of. One of them is the mass path from Gernonstown to Rushwee chapel and the
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. public infrastructure
          1. roads (~2,778)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Patrick Walsh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rushwee, Co. Meath