School: Raharney (B.)
- Location:
- Raharney, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: S. Ó Conmhidhe
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0727, Page 119
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- Michael Allen aged seventy three years said about a hundred and twenty two years ago in the townland of Warndstown there was a piper to be seen every night. When Michael Allen would go for a can of water he would hear a fairy piper playing music beside the pond.
- The church in Killucan was a Monastery two hundred years ago. The first Bishop of Ireland was consecrated there. There is a stone at the school in Killucan. Some say that there was a battle fought there called the battle of Killucan.
- There is an old graveyard in Garty's field. It is said that it was a burial place long ago. There was a skull(continues on next page)
- Informant
- John Anderson
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 53
- Address
- Wardenstown, Co. Westmeath
