School: Tobar Colmáin, Ráthluirc (roll number 8930)
- Location:
- Saint Colman's Well, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Bean Uí Aoláin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0497, Page 443
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- The townland of Foxhall adjoins that of Gortroe on the East, the boundary being the Charleville-Ballygran road. It is in the Barony of Upper Connelloe [?] There are nine families and approximately 50 people living here. As in most townlands in this district, the family names are varied - Keane, O'Connor, O'Riordan, Kenny, Culhane, Collins, Crotty, O'Sullivan and Hassett. The houses with the exception of one farm-house, owned by Mr. O'Connor, are slated. Some people say that long ago there was a fox- covert in Foxhall, hence the name. There are only about three old people over seventy living there, but they know no Irish. However they can relate stories in English. They are Mr. John Crotty, Foxhall, Charleville.
David O'Riordan [?]
Andrew Kenny "
Here, too, we find a few ruins of one time dwelling houses. The land in Foxhall is very fertile. The townland is(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mrs Michael Drew
- Gender
- Female
- Occupation
- Teacher
- Address
- Gortroe, Co. Limerick
