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School: Richmond (roll number 14400)

Location:
Richmond, Co. Mayo
Teacher:
Pádraig Mac Giollarnáth
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0152, Page 214

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    The name of my townland is Kildaree. It is situated in the parish of Crossmolina. It is supposed there was a church built on it for two kings.
    Those are some of the names of the fields The King field. It is said that there are three Kings buried there. There are three big stones on the top of each grave.
    Cnoc na Marbh. It means the hill of the dead. It is said there a lot of people buried on that hill. It is a very big hill.
    There are giants buried on it also. People say that the hill was
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Kildaree, Co. Mayo
    Informant
    Mr John Loftus
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    c. 50
    Address
    Kildaree, Co. Mayo