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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 362

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    2. Brittas is my native place, in which nine families reside. It contains the ruins of St Cronan's church yard. It was once famed for a rockery of crows but these have long forsaken it. There are also forts in Brittas and it is surrounded by a wood.
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    3. The name of my home district is Thurles, called in Irish Durlas Éile. Long ago a man called Fogarty built a durlas round his house People began to make their homes nearly until at last the town of Thurles grew. It got its name when Fogarty died.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Thurles, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Nancy Mc Carthy
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Thurles, Co. Tipperary