School: Kilmacow (B.) (roll number 14187)
- Location:
- Kilmacow, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: P. Ó Loingsigh
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- Poll an Easbaigh and Coill an Easbaigh.There is a place in south Kilkenny called Poll an Easbaigh. It is said that it got its name because often a Bishop hid there during the Penal Days.
Another name of a place in south Kilkenny is Coill an Easbaigh. It got its name, because often that same Bishop often hid there.
The teacher in the hedge-school in Món Mhóir often hid in these retreats also.
- Collector
- James Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
- Informant
- Patrick Walsh
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Railway worker
- Address
- Dangan, Co. Kilkenny
