School: Clochar na Trócaire, Maghcromtha
- Location:
- Macroom, Co. Cork
- Teacher: Na Siúracha
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0341, Page 173
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- Few bridges in the vicinity of Cork are so well known as Crubeen bridge, which spans the Shournagh river before it joins the Lee at Carrigrohane.
Yet, the name has been excluded from maps, and official publication in favour of Bannow Bridge, a title rarely heard in the spoken language.
"Crubeen" is said to habe its origin from the following story:-
A party of old-fasdhioned anglers who sported on the banks of the Shournagh on odd days when they relaxed from the cares of business in the city, arranged to meet on the bridge at a certain hour to enjoy the contents of a basket provided for their(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Mary Creedon
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Macroom, Co. Cork
