School: Abbeyleix Convent (roll number 13613)

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1. Local Place Names - Killamuck

   

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   Killamuck is a small towns land about 2 1/2 miles from Abbeyleix. Killamuck means the "Wood of the Pigs". There is a bog on the De Vesci estate. It starts at the North side of the Clonking Church yard. At the entrance of the bog there is a road leading down to an old historical place known as "Paul Reddys". The railway line runs over this road where there was a bridge built, known as the "Two hole bridge. The railway line divides the Killamuck bog from the Clonking bog.

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   Topics

   1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)

   Language

   English

   Location

   Killamuck, Co. Laois

   Collector

   Kathleen Sheeran

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Killamuck, Co. Laois