School: Naas (Mercy Convent) (roll number 15040)
- Location:
- Naas, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 397
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- How Poplar Sq. got it's name:- Long, long ago there was a wood where that street now stands. Poplar trees used to grow there and when the trees were felled and the street erected, it was called "Poplar Square". A priest, Father Higgins, - was hanged on one of the few remaining trees, in 1798.
Fairy Flax:- that is the name of a field on Friary Rd. Flax, - or some kind of a flower, -grows there and it contains a cure for a sore chest. People thought that the fairies had something to do with the cure and so the field is now called the "Fairy Flax".
Abbey St. :- near that place a monastery stood, ages ago. There is also a cemetery, called, Abbey Cemetery. Both street and cemetery took their names from that monastery.
Corban's Lane:- St. Corban is the patron Saint of Naas, and he lived in a lane, now known as "Corban's Lane". That name was given to it after the saint's death.
Friary Rd.:- there was a monastery down on that road long years ago. It was founded by St. Fechin. That is how it obtained it's name.
Church Lane:- It was situated near a church and it is now known as "Church Lane".
Chapel Lane:- It was situated near the Catholic(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Patricia Meade
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Poplar Square, Co. Kildare
- Informant
- Mr Joseph Meade
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Poplar Square, Co. Kildare
