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School: Brannockstown (roll number 16817)

Location:
Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
Teacher:
Máiréad Ní Dhubhthaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0776, Page 446

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    There is a bush in Cannycourt and it is called the cuckoo bush because the cuckoo used to come and sit on it every year.
    There is a hollow in the Curragh and it is called the priests hollow because a priest used to say Mass in it in the penal days.
    There is a field called the cock-pit field in Moorhill because there used to be cock-fighting in it long ago.
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    There is a stream between New Abbey and Kilcullen called McGarry's stream. It got its name from people named McGarry that lived near it.
    There is another stream in Gilltown called the mill stream
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Brannockstown, Co. Kildare
    Collector
    John O' Connor
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Gilltown, Co. Kildare