School: Firoda (roll number 2788)
- Location:
- Firoda Upper, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: Dáithí Ó Meachair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0865, Page 177
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- There is only one faction-fight remembered. It took place at a bridge named "Gleann a'mhurloal". One one occasion some men from Firoda and men from Ballinakill were coming from a funeral in Ballinakill and a dispute arose among them about a football match. On gleann a'mhurloal there was a battle fought between them. When they were fighting the women started also.
- On Richard Coogan's farm of lower Firoda. There is a rushy field in it on one side of it there is a green patch of land and a rush never grew on it. That is because mass was said on it.. in the penal days.
- Collector
- Michael Coady
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Patrick Coady
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 59
