School: Dunmore, Kilkenny (roll number 4331)
- Location:
- Dunmore, Co. Kilkenny
- Teacher: M. Ó Leathlobhair
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0863, Page 219
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All these customs still live in this persists to a certain extent but not on so big a scale as of old.
- Dún Mór. Name of townsland -derived from the Caves which were the Dún or fort.Names of fields in neighbourhood:-
Marquis of Ormond Estate (Formerly)
Charles Plantation. Jack's Haggard.
Gleann a Buaile; Gleann Fisher (wood)
Mount Ormand (a wood)
Hollow plantation (a wood) Summer Hill (a wood)
Sand pit (wood) and Sand pit there.
Cottage field (opp. Cottage of Duchess of Ormond)
Horse Field (Hunters kept and Exercised here)
The Bog (Comprised 50 acres) Long field (25 acres)
Barrack Field (in which stood the Barrack R.I.C.)
Kiln Field (Lime Kiln in this) Lime was burned here.
Belfry field (Labourers bell in this field)
Fox Cover (natural fox cover here)
The Rath (Old Rath and fairy circle here)(continues on next page)
