School: Killahan (B.)
- Location:
- Killahan, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Liam Ó Leathlobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0413, Page 214
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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. - The townland of Fortwilliam derived its name in former years from the landlord of the estate at the time.He settled down there so he called the townland Fortwilliam. There are twelve families and 39 people in this townland. Their names are Brassils, Costelloes, Mauntsells, Brosnans, Fitzgearlds, Hilliards, Brownes, Carrols, Cantys, Learys, and Rahillys. The Fitzgearlds and Cantys are the old stock of the townland. All the remaining houses are the same only the Fitzgearlds and Cantys built two new houses. There are seven people in the townland over 70 years. Some of them could tell old stories in English.
There stands in the vicinity of Fortwilliam the ruins of 2 old houses in John Dowd's land a great house. It is all windows and doors with no roof and it is surrounded with trees. In old times people used to enter a passage in Tralee for America to the sailing agents of ships. The day appointed for the ship to leave New York, the people would go to Tralee by(continues on next page)
