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The old village of Enfield was further up on the Dublin Road near the Double Ditch...

Abstract: Story collected by a student at Enfield school (Innfield, Co. Meath) from informant Miss Donegan.

Original reference: 0692/4/1

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Enfield [duchas:4967823]

From Miss Donegan, Drummond, Enfield   13th May 1935

The old village of Enfield was further up the Dublin Road near the Double Ditch - where James Shanley's house and garden now stand. The Double Ditch marked the boundary of the Pale at one period. Enfield should be called Innfield on account of the Royal Oak Inn which was in the village, at the time of the Mail Coaches. Bianconi's Coaches used to stop and change horses in McDermott's Yard.
                  The Mail Coach was robbed one day at Grange - about 3 miles from Enfield - by a Captain O'Connor of Daingean Castle, Summerhill. He did it single-handed using "dummies" as a ruse to make driver and passengers think they were up against great odds. O'Connor took a lot of money as the Coach was bringing down pay for the Military at Mullingar.

Origin information
Innfield, Co. Meath
Date created:
Type of Resource
text
Physical description
p. 240
Volume 0692
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Edward Farrell.
Languages
English  
Genre
Folktale
Subject
Roads   linked data (lcsh)
Roads--Bóithre
Dissenters, Religious--Legal status, laws, etc.
Penal times--Aimsir na bpéindlíthe
School location
InnfieldAn Bóthar BuíInnfieldMoyfenrath LowerMeath
Location
https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5139805
Location
University College Dublin. National Folklore Collection UCD .

Original reference: 0692/4/1

Suggested credit
"The old village of Enfield was further up on the Dublin Road near the Double Ditch..."in "The Schools' Manuscript Collection," held by University College Dublin, National Folklore Collection UCD. © University College Dublin. Digital content by: Glenbeigh Records Management, published by UCD Library, University College Dublin <https://doi.org/10.7925/drs1.duchas_5139805>
Note
Collected as part of the Schools' Folklore scheme, 1937-1938, under the supervision of teacher Edward Farrell.
Funding
Supported by funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ireland), University College Dublin, and the National Folklore Foundation (Fondúireacht Bhéaloideas Éireann), 2014-2016.
Record source
Metadata creation date: 2014/2016 — Metadata created by Fiontar, Dublin City University, in collaboration with the National Folklore Collection UCD and UCD Library. Original Fiontar metadata converted into MODS by UCD Library.

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