School: Cnocán Mhichíl Naofa (Clochar)
- Location:
- Claremorris, Co. Mayo
- Teacher: Siúracha na Trócaire
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0098, Page 251
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- (continued from previous page)as "Croagh Park" = for the land is high = cruach = hill. Another place is "Stone park" The field of the stones, there is a lot of stones in it.
Mossbrook river runs through a mossy district called Mossbrook.
Near Gortnapona well on the Ballindine road is a hollow. It is said that the fairies used to dance there at night.
Near Mayo Abbey is a high hill on it was built Knockaunakell Castle. In it can be seen the holes where the King used to set cannon for fear of the enemy.There is a field in my district owned by Patrick Waldron. Long ago, there was a number of foxes in it. They got so plentiful, that the people called it "the foxes den".There is a certain field in Dromineen, which is called "the cobbler's field" Many years ago people heard a cobbler making shoes under a little bush in this field. Every night people stayed up after twelve o'clock to hear him cobbling a(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Kitty Sloyan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 13
- Address
- Mayo Abbey, Co. Mayo
