barrack and the destruction of a few adjoining houses as “ The Burning of Churchtown”.

These stories were collected by Donal Fox Churchtown, Ballynascargy, and told to him by Peter Fox.

There are four churchyards in the parish of Castleisland. There is one in Kilmurry, one in Churchtown, one in Kilbannivane, and one in Castleisland The townland for Kilbannivane and churchtown is Glounsharoon, Castleisland and the townland of the Castleisland churchyard is Móin Mór Castleisland Each of these are in use yet, but the one in Castleisland is not much in use now Each of them is square in shape and is level. There is no church in the parish of Castleisland in ruins. There are trees growing in three of the graveyards. The graveyard in Churchtown contains many tombs and crosses

There are two graveyards in this Parish, Rushall and Churchtown. They are both still in use. There is also a disused graveyard in Rushall and Phelans field opposite Rushall Castle. It was used in the time of Cromwell to bury the dead. Churchtown graveyard is round in shape and there is an old tombstone which dates bask to 900.

There are six graveyards in this parish, one in Churchtown, one in Tagoat, St. Michael's graveyard in Bush, the old and new graveyards in Kilrane, and the graveyard in Ballybrennan.
Churchtown graveyard, Tagoat graveyard, Ballybrennan graveyard and the new graveyard in Kilrane are all in use. The old graveyard in Kilrane was closed not very long ago. Churchtown graveyard in partly round in shape. The ruins of an old church are still to be seen there. The churchyard is fairly level and it is surrounded by trees.
There are very old tombs in it, the dates on the oldest of which are 1784, 1785, 1806, 1814, 1832 ad 1833, 1883 and 1903. The crosses, monuments and tombs are not ornamented or decorated. Some of the crosses are made of wood and the tombstones and monuments are made of limestone or granite.
Protestants as well as Catholics are buried in Churchtown. Jacobs are buried

THE BURNING OF CHURCHTOWN
In 1822 the village of Churchtown was composed entirely of thatched houses one of which the police barrack was situated about midway on the western side of the street. A force of about fifteen men, four of them mounted “peelers” formed the usual garrison in those days of raiding and burning and the story goes that they constantly promised a warm reception to any band of Whiteboys rash enough to attack. This confidence being strengthened by a British regiment a few miles away in Buttevant with their system of nightly patrols. On the last day of January 1822, just after nightfall a stranger knocked at Tomas Fitz’s door at Start Bridge and inquired how far Churchtown was. He received the desired information and gladly accepted the offer of a “bite to eat”. The supper was just ready, potatoes, milk, butter and eggs. On his departure he appeased the obvious curiosity of the household by saying there would be rough work tomorrow night. So there was. The stranger was a

The graveyard I know best is Churchtown graveyard. It is in the townland of Churchtown. There is one ruin in it, it is the remains of an old church.
There is an ash tree growing out of the sanctuary and that shows people that the church must be very old. There is one tomb in the graveyard it belongs to the Glovers who were living in Egmont formerly. There are about fourteen monuments and one cross. It belongs to Kavanaghs of Buttevant. There were a lot of people buried in the ruin long ago. The people are not brought long distances because the most of them are inhabitants of Churchtown.

There are nine graveyards in the parish, Churchtown, Toberara, Barrowhouse, Geraldine, Ardreigh outside the town, and St Michael's St. John's, Co. Home and Nuns' graveyards in the town. All those outside the town have the name of the townland except Toberara, which is in the townland of Milltown, and Barrowhouse which is in the townland of Shanganamore, Leix.
St. John's, which was a Protestant graveyard, is now closed. All the others are still in use. The graveyards of Toberara Geraldine and Ardreigh are round in shape. In Barrowhouse there is a church which is still in use. There are ruined churches in Churchtown and in St. Michael's Athy. There are trees growing in all the graveyards.
There are very old tombs monuments and crosses in them. In Churchtown there is a head stone with the date 1707 on it. The crosses are

There are eight graveyards in the parish namely - Tallanstown, Philipstown, Churchtown, Reaghstown, Louth-Hall, Clon, Charlestown Catholic and Protestant.
Tallanstown is the local one. Tallanstown is in the townland of Churchpark. Philipstown is in the townland of the Mill of Louth. Churchtown is in the townland of Churchtown. Cluain is in the townland of Corbollis. Louth-Hall is in the townland of Louth Hall. Reaghstown is in the townland of Reaghstown. The two Charlestown graveyards are in the townland of Charlestown.
Tallanstown, Philipstown, Churchtown, Reaghstown, Charlestown Catholic and Protestant graveyards are still in use.
There are two graveyards disused namely - Cluain and Louth Hall.
There are ruins of an old Church in Philipstown and there are ruins of an old monastery in Charlestown Catholic graveyard. There is a vault in Tallanstown graveyard. There is a story connected with Philipstown graveyard. It is about an old miser who lived nearby and whose ghost is said to have haunted the place after his death. This caused so much annoyance to the people in the house that they had to call in the assistance of the parochial clergy. One of these is said to have said so many prayers over the grave of the miser that the bad spirit came forth entered a

LOCAL GHOST STORY Long ago a man named Tim Moynihan lived in Imogane, near Churchtown. He was returning home late one night. As he was passing Mount Corbett Gate [a place two miles from Churchtown] he met a funeral coming down the avenue. There were four small fairy men carrying a coffin. When the man came home that night his mother was dead. It was said that the little men were carrying her corpse to Kilbrin graveyard.

Both sides of this parish (Liscarroll and Churchtown. No.

Long ago when my mother was living down in Shanagarry they were ploughing in a garden one day. There was a big heap of earth in the garden and a couple of men were leveling it out, as it was in the way of the plough. As they were leveling it out they found human bones and the boards of a coffin. My mother gathered them up in her apron and brought them into the house. About 12 o'clock that night she gave them to the servant boy and told him to throw them over Churchtown wall, the man did as he was told and when he came home he said it would be a clever man that would catch him throwing bones over Churchtown again. At present there is a spot in the same field and never a rib of grass grows on it.

Some years ago there were people by the name of McCormack living at a place called Churchtown near Navan. These people had some relations in America. They who lived in Churchtown owned a cock who never crew after going in at night. One night after being put in he began to crow and he continued to do this for ten nights. On the tenth day they got a letter from America telling them that one of their brothers was dead. Then the cock never crew till the same time the next year.

Loughnavalley is square and the one in Churchtown is three cornered. There is a church in Taughboyne and Churchtown. There are yew trees growing in them. There is a vault in Taughboyne belonging to the Nugent family. It is made of stone. It was a monk that got Taughboyne graveyard and he got it very hard to get it. He asked for as much ground as his habit would cover and it covered an acre and a half and he got it, and he built a wall around it in one night.

There is a place called The Monk's Walk in Churchtown it is so called because the Monks used to walk there when the monastry was there long ago.

The Local Patron Saint.In years gone by St. Dubhan lived in Churchtown.
There was once a church in the village under under the patronage of St. Dubhan. But today it lies in ruins.
The Saint is said to have visited a well in Churchtown which is now locally known as "St. Dubhan Well". He was buried in the grave-yard at Churchtown.
There are no prayers specially dedicated to St. Dubhan around here only "St. Dubhan pray for us"

In the graveyard in Churchtown, in the parish of Tagoat, in the Barony of Forth, there is a stone standing over the grave of a priest, named the Rev. Father Chievers of Churchtown, who said mass in the church there, which is now in ruins. It is a rectangular stone with a round top, and the date on it is 1747. In the same graveyard there is a stone of a similar kind, erected over a man named Redmond, who was a blacksmith. It is ornamented with the cutting of a hammer and pincers. This blacksmith is supposed to have made the first pike, which was used by the men of '98. He lived in Ballybro in this parish.

BURNING OF CHURCHTOWNThe Irish name for Churchtown is Brughaineadh. There was chieftain living in a wooden house where the old village graveyard is now. Some say that the old village of Churchtown was in Annagh and others say it was in the same place as it is now. All the houses in the village were thatched and would have been still only for a burning which took place in 1822. The police barrack was situated on the western side of the village formerly called George’s Street. There were fifteen police in the barrack and when in need of help, when the Whiteboys used to attack them, they got help from the police in Buttevant.The Whiteboys were young boys who were put out of their farms. They used to put their shirts outside their coats and used to attack the settlers and the police barrack.On February 1822 the Whiteboys on the eastern side of the parish assembled together at a place called the Lapp sometimes called Leap. The western Whiteboys assembled on Windmill Hill under the command of Brosnahan of Ardglass. They shot a policeman named Benlap on Windmill Hill and it was an old saying with the people ever after in the district

Móna Rud.
There is an old road in the parish of Rathgormack called Móna Rud. It is a shortcut from Rathgormack to Kilrossanty and it is about one mile long. It is an old bye-road and is (about) very rough.Sean-Ceardhcha.
There is an old road at the back of Scartlea called the Sean Ceardhcha. It is so called because there was a forge there long ago. It is an Irish mile long and it is a short cut from Scartlea to Toor. It goes through the wood and is very rough and hilly.Boithrín an Uisge.
There is a road in Churchtown called Boithrín and Uisge. It is a short cut from Churchtown to Ballindysart. The reason it is so called is that water is running out of the end of it. It is a very bad road.
It is said that Mick Kelly saw the dead people hurling there. The teams were Churchtown against Rathgormack and when they scored they shouted in

The road outside the school is called Eglinton Road. At the end of Eglinton Road there is the Kilmacud Road. There are many Roads off the Main Street. The Main Street is continued by the Sandyford Road which extends to Enniskerry.The road which extends west-wards is the Ballinteer Road and the Road which extends east-wards is the Kilmacud Road. The Goatstown and Kilmacud Roads are joined by the Sydenham. The Churchtown Road joins the Dundrum Road. The Sweetmount Road junctions off the Churchtown Road. At the top of Sweetmount there is a passage it is so small that it is called Squeeze Gut Lane from there on to the Whitehall road is called Beaumont Avenue this road used to be known as Nolan's Lane.There is a road which is known as Classon's Bridge road it joins Churchtown Road and Milltown it is usually known as "Golf Links Road"There are many roads that lead off the Kilmacud road.They are Dromartin avenue commonly known as "Stoney Road" because of all the stones there used to be on it.Butchers Lane has many beech trees growing along