School: Kilbonane, Lios an Phúca (Beaufort) (roll number 5482)
- Location:
- Kilbonane, Co. Kerry
- Teacher: Dll. Ó Clúmháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0458, Page 133
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- The names of some of the fields in this district are: The kiln field, the forge field. Clares field, páirc-na-n-asal, and páirc-a-rínnce. The kiln field was so called because in a corner of it there is an old ivy covered lime-kiln. In the forge field there was once a blacksmiths forge. Not even the ruins of it are there now but it is still called the forge field.
Clares field was nonce owned by a man named Clare, after whom it was since called. Long ago the people put their donkeys into a certain field at night and took them out in the morning without the owner knowing it. The field became known as páirc-na-n-asal. Páirc-a'-rínnce was so called because fairies were supposed to have been seen dancing there long ago. Long ago there was a large tract of bog of about twelve acres in this district which was common(continues on next page) - Collector
- Tomás Ó Murchadha
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
- Informant
- James Murphy
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ballymalis, Co. Kerry
