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School: Sliabh an Mhadra (C.)

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Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
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Eibhlín Ní Chearbhaill
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0416, Page 179

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    surrounded and caught in that field and murdered. The mark is still there where he was murdered.
    The Pound is the name of another field in the district, because it was there all the cattle of the whole village of Clash used to be put by night to prevent them from trespassing on other farms, because there was no boundary between the farms that time.
    Kilmore means the big Church. There are the ruins of seven Churches there.
    The monastery was robbed and plundered by the Danes in the 9th century.
    Rahela means Healy's Fort.
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    History Edit
    Language
    English
    Location
    Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
    Collector
    Kathleen Connell
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Slievawaddra, Co. Kerry
    Informant
    William Casey
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Sheepwalk, Co. Kerry