School: Scoil an Chlochair, Bunclody
- Location:
- Bunclody, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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- 2811. "The Abbey Meadow"
The Abbey Meadow got its name from the Abbey that was built on it, and Abbeydown got its name from that Abbey also.
- 12 "Jack Shuts"
A part of the Abbeydown road is called "Jack Shuts", it got its name from an old man who lived in a small mud hut. The old man lived to be a hundred years of age. - 13. "Tower Height"
A part of Church Road is in the Parish of Clonegal the is a place called "Tower Height. A tower was built on it, but it was destroyed in the troubled times - 14 "The Devils Seat"
The is a place called the Devils Seat in Johnstown in the Parish of Clonegal. The devil is supposed to sit in it eleven to twelf o clock at night
The Devils seat is a place the shape of a chair in a gate-post.
Kitty Nolan
Abbeydown, Clonegal.
