School: Easgéiphtine (B.) (roll number 2039)
- Location:
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Teacher: Donncha Mac Eoin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0503, Page 234
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- (continued from previous page)LYNCHE'S QUAY and DAVEY DAVEY'S QUAYare quays on the land of Mr Lynch and Mr David Fitzgerald
BALLYCULLENmeans "the town of the way"(?) is about a mile south-west of the town.
ALACKEY or ATLACAA (?)means the "ford of the flat stones", just south of the town near the railway station.
BALLYHOMANmeans "the town of the banks"(?) is 2 miles east of the town.
LISMACKEERAmeans "the fort of the sheep". There is an old church the grounds of which are now used as a burial ground on the top of the hill. It is about two miles south of Askeaton.
LISNAMUCmeans "the fort of the pigs" is north of the town on the right-hand bank of the river.
HOUGH'S FORTis an old fort on the land of Mr Hough about 2 miles north of Askeaton on the right hand side of the road going to Ballysteen.
THE BREWERY is a little river that branches of the Deel to turn the mill-wheel at the Lime factory and joins the Deel again at the bridge. This and the river Deel form the island Innis-Kefty on which the castle is built.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Stephen Foley
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
- Informant
- Mr James Kenny
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 80
- Address
- Askeaton, Co. Limerick
