School: Loughagar (roll number 5696)
- Location:
- Loughagar More, Co. Westmeath
- Teacher: Énrí Mac an Abba
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0737, Page 270
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- Long ago when robbers were out a few of them were in Pass and no one could pass without being robbed. So the people had a saying, "Pass if you can" and so Pass got its name.
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“Old Richard Reynolds fell in love with the holy water font in Rathconnell...”
At the foot of Rathconnell hill in Shaw's field two Croppies graves are still to be seen where they were buried by the soldiers who killed them.
A band of robbers once stayed in the ruins of Rathconnell castle and sat on the wall over the road and robbed every-one that passed and murdered them and threw them in Clonshiever lake.(continues on next page) - Informant
- Mrs Jane Hulton
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 92
- Address
- Rathconnell, Co. Westmeath
