School: Portlaoighse (Convent) (roll number 13386)
- Location:
- Port Laoise, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Sr Treasa
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0835, Page 036
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- From Sheffield Cross to Ballynockan, there are now four houses, but years ago there were about forty houses, and it called "Tapist Tatter Street" for it was a street of houses and a man named Kissan evicted all the people out of their homes and built a wall all around his land with the stones with which were built their houses. This all went well for a time but he was cursed by the families evicted. After this he became notorious and everything went against him and all his cattle died and(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Bridie Mahon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathleague, Co. Laois
- Informant
- Mrs Maher
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Rathleague, Co. Laois
