School: Séipéal na Carraige (roll number 5478)
- Location:
- Séipéal na Carraige, Co. Chorcaí
- Teacher: Donncha Ó Géibheannaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0351, Page 223
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The Cap Field.
So called, because it is hollow at the two sides and raised to aheight in the middle.
The Green-point-field:
So called, because it is shaped like a gun.
The Cradle Field.
So called, because it is shaped like a cradle.
The Ringing Field.
So called, because it was there the horses were trained.
The Both-Cárthaig.
Near Town, there is a hill called the Both-Cárthaig, because Saint Cárthaig, who came from Kerry, lived for five years in a little mud house, on top of this hill. He left the hill, and travelled by the bank of the River Blackwater to Lismore, where he founded a Monastery.
- Collector
- John Mc Auliffe
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- Robert Mc Auliffe
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Cnoc an Charria Thoir, Co. Chorcaí
