School: Castletowngeoghegan (B.) (roll number 2092)
- Location:
- Castletown Geoghegan, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: T. Ó Conaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0734, Page 260
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - There is a Mass Rock in Tom Crinnigans field Castletown.G. The place that it is in is locally known as the Bush Field. In the middle of the field there is a lone bush and under the bush the Mass Rock is situated.
There is another place in Tom Crinnigan's land and it is called Cill Breda. There is a Mass Rock and the ruins of an old Church in that field.
There was an old Church in the graveyard of Castletown. It was a Catholic Church. One day a lot of Protestants knocked it down and built a Protestant Church out of the stones. The Protestant Church is standing there yet.
Long ago a man lived in this district named Sam Robinson. He was Priest hunter. He killed seven Priests in one week and after a few days he was himself.(continues on next page)
