School: Graigue, Cill Dairbhe (roll number 4124)

Location:
Graigue, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Mícheál Ó Lionacháin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 069

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 069

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    by. The land is very good and level in this townland.
    The ruins of the castle from which Oldcastletown got its name still stand to the Northeast of Kildorrery. It is built on a rock. At one time this castle belonged to a man known as the White Knight.
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  2. I live in the townland of Ballyvisteen, parish of Kildorrery Co Cork barony of Condon and Clan Gibbon. There are eight families in the district and twenty nine people. The family names common are Magnier and Walsh. There are four houses thatched, two slated and three thatched and slated
    There are three old people living in the district. They do
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork
    Collector
    William Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork
    Informant
    Mr Michael Fitzgibbon
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    43
    Address
    Ballyvisteen, Co. Cork