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School: Caimthír (Camphire), Ceapach Chuinn (roll number 15129)

Location:
Camphire, Co. Waterford
Teacher:
Nóra Bean Uí Chradóig
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0636, Page 392

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    say mass in the houses at that time. Special houses such as temporary huts made of timber in the most secret places that could be found such as in the middle of a wood. It is said that it was across the hills the people of Camphire and Glennasaggart used to go to Cappoquin Mass and from this it derived the name Mass Path.
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    Name of Well
    Tobar na Talúna is a small well in a wood in the townland of Camphire in the parish of Cappoquin, Co. Waterford, round this well and old tailor and his sons used to sit and sew
    Names of Fields
    Páirc na nGabhar is a hill in the townland of Camphire, Cappoquin, Co. Waterford. Long
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Camphire, Co. Waterford
    Informant
    Tomás Ó Nunáin
    Relation
    Unknown
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    70
    Occupation
    Feirmeoir
    Address
    Camphire, Co. Waterford