School: Áth Treasna (C.)

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1. Local Place Names (continued)

   

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   called "Glasheen an Aifreann" not far from my home. At the end
   of this stream there was a
   tree. At the foot of this tree
   people say that mass was said
   in Penal times. Not long ago the
   tree was cut down. The man
   who did so was very sorry
   afterwards when he heard the
   story about the tree. There is
   a glen in Scarteen called "Glountan an Aifreann" because Mass was said there and two priests were shot there by the soldiers during the penal days. There is also a field there called "Grants Field" because there was a man named Grant hanged
   there. "The Big field" is a field in
   which men were hanged during "98 It is also in Scarteen and
   can be seen from the town of
   Newmarket. There was a man

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   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Collector

   Kathleen O' Connell

   Gender

   Female

   Address

   Newmarket, Co. Cork

   Informant

   Mr William Quinlan

   Relation

   Grandparent

   Gender

   Male

   Age

   72

   Address

   Newmarket, Co. Cork