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School: St Fiachra's, Ullard, Borris, Co. Carlow (roll number 3459)

Location:
Ullard, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máire Ní Ghuidhir
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0857, Page 214

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    The townsland I live in is Clohastia. There are seven families living in this townsland at present. There are many ruins of old houses to be seen which show that this townsland was thickly populated long ago. My Grandfather told me that there were twenty two families living in Clohastia at one time. Clohastia is situated about two miles from Graignamanagh and it is spearated on the north from Ullard by a river which we call Duggan's River, because it flows
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Kathleen Maguire
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Graiguenamanagh, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    James O Neil
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Address
    Cloghasty North, Co. Kilkenny