School: Kilmaganny, Thomastown

Location:
Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
C. Ó Hurdail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0852, Page 262

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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Languages
    Irish
    English
    Location
    Kilmaganny, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Patrick Dunne
    Gender
    Male
  2. The fields on Mr Cahill's farm are:-
    (1) The Kiln Field - on account of the Kiln
    (2) James Neill's - the ownere at one time
    (3) The Two Acres - its size
    (4) The Thistle Field - grows a lot of thisltes
    (5) The Road Field - beside the road
    (6) The Páircín - smallest in farm.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
  3. The "Saddle Rock", so called on account of its slope, is on Mr Hickey's Hill, behind the school.
    Gort na d-Tobar & the Cnocán in Currahill as also the "Long Field" & "Jack Haggard" which gets its name from Jack Dunovan, the first owner.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.