School: Inistioge (B.) (roll number 1916)

Location:
Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
Teacher:
Máirtín Breathnach
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0859, Page 183

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    Were houses more numerous locally in former times. No.
    Are there any now in ruins, James Brian's, and Mr. Murphy's.
    Is the land hilly or boggy or good. The land is not very hilly, and it is good.
    Any wood growing there - name and size. The Sean Coill and the Scrian Wood. The Sean Coill is half a mile long.
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  2. Townland: Woodstock.
    Parish: Inistioge.
    Barony: Gowran.
    There are seven families living in Woodstock and about thirty people altogether. All the houses are slated. This is how Woodstock got its name. It is called Cluain Duin in Irish. The Lawn of the Doon. Woodstock house is now in ruins. Maidoín Na Gear or the morning of the weeping so called because people emigrated from there to America in former years. The land is
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Woodstock Forest, Co. Kilkenny
    Collector
    Patrick O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny
    Informant
    Mr James O' Keeffe
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    46
    Address
    Inistioge, Co. Kilkenny