School: Dalystown (roll number 15307)

Location:
Dalystown, Co. Westmeath
Teacher:
Kathleen Grehan
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    were about to be sentenced when Fetherson himself spoke up and said that he himself has haughed the cattle and that Newel was swearing lies, & Newel was sentenced to be hanged and with his property, the bridge was built.
    It is there still and is called by the name of Newel's Bridge.
    I got these stories from
    Peter Carroll, Raheenmore, Ballinagore.
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    Topics
    1. time
      1. historical periods by name (~25)
        1. the great famine (~4,013)
    Language
    English
    Informant
    Joseph Creevy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Rahinmore, Co. Westmeath