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School: The Oak, Portlaoighse (roll number 15377)

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Clondouglas, Co. Laois
Teacher:
Seán Bairéad
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0834, Page 252

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    One day a man named John Carthy who lived in Churchfield near hear, he was digging a field for potatoes. There was Skeletons and bones under the ground. It is said that during the famine the people were buried there and so it got the name of Churchfield; the ruins of the old Church are in the field.
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    Language
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    Collector
    Mary Clinton
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