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School: Ballyfasey, Glenmore (roll number 9880)

Location:
Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Domhnall Mac Cárthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0845, Page 550

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    My native place is situated in the Parish of Glenmore and the Barony of Ida. The name of my townsland is Ballyfacey. It is a fairly big townsland with 17 families and a population of about 87. Ballyfacey was formerly an Irish word Baile-an-Fhásaig which means the town of the wilderness because part of it now called Bishop's Mountain was wet and boggy like a wilderness. There are four ruins of houses in the locality. It is bounded on one side by the Parish of Mullinavat and one the others by the townslands of Haggard, Parkstown, Kilbride and Ballyveria. Most of it is good land but here and there there are a few bogs. The highest point of my native place is about 600 feet above sea-level.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Peter O Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyfasy Lower, Co. Kilkenny