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School: Gowran (C.)

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Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
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Máiréad Ní Chuinn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0860, Page 040

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    of soldiers buried & there were stones placed over them. The stones are still to be seen. Hell is a field. It is so called because one day when a man was passing he saw the devil. There was a house there but it was knocked in the Penal Days.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Eithne Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Gowran, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mrs Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Age
    75
    Address
    Rathcash, Co. Kilkenny