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School: Davidstown (roll number 9682)

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Davidstown, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
Marion G. Brennan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0901, Page 292

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  1. Story - Fairy Forts (continued)

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    lived in Coolamurry just at the rath. He had great power to cure diseases & people used to come from far & near to him. One night a man came to him for a cure for a person who had been struck by a wand. He gave him a bottle of medicine & warned him to be very careful not to spill it. He was on horseback & did not put enough heed in the little man's warning, so on dismounting, he spilled the bottle. At once he was swept away by a mighty whirlwind and was never seen or heard of again. It is said that all the fairies were blown out of Ireland in January 1839 by the Big Wind.
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  2. Local Graveyards

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    Inscription on Tombstone in Davidstown Graveyard —>
    Here lies the body of Roben Whitty late of Mackmine,
    Departed this life Jan 10th 1826 aged 77 years.
    Moneyhore churchyard was originally circular & had trees. More & more became encroached on in tilling the field & there is now only a small irregular piece paled in. The trees are cut. The remains of old tombstones are lying in the ground, but all are in fragments.
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    Topics
    1. objects
      1. man-made structures
        1. historical and commemorative structures (~6,794)
          1. graveyards (~2,501)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Sara Kennedy
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    13
    Address
    Knockmarshal, Co. Wexford
    Collector
    Tom Regan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    13
    Address
    Davidstown, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Mrs Wickham
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    76
    Address
    Knockmarshal, Co. Wexford
    Informant
    Tim Kennedy
    Relation
    Parent
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    59
    Address
    Knockmarshal, Co. Wexford