School: Kilberry, Athy (roll number 13165)
- Location:
- Kilberry, Co. Kildare
- Teacher: Sara Rowan
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0781, Page 095
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- (continued from previous page)The "Derry " is a fertile spot consisting of about fifteen acres of very rich land divided into four small fields . This fertile little farm is situated in the centre of the vast track of bog north-east of Athy , and is approached by a narrow road.
About thirty -five years ago a comfortable mud wall house stood near the south western edge of this farm. A man named Whelan who was always calle the "Derry man" lived in the house with his wife and family.
He left it when his wife died , and the place was taken over by the land-lordW.H.F.Verschoyle , who had about fourteen acres of the little farm planted with larch trees.
The Derry probably got its name from the Irish work "Deireadh " i.e. end as it is the end of each part of bog.
this bog , which contains several hundred acres is divided into several parts and each part ends in a narrow point at the" Derry"
there is a fine sand pit on the little farm and near the sand -pit is a carved hold water(continues on next page)
- Informant
- Sara Rowan
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 50
- Occupation
- Múinteoir
