1. dúchas.ie
  2. The Schools' Collection
  3. Knockanevin

School: Knockanevin (roll number 4122)

Location:
Knockanevin, Co. Cork
Teacher:
Seán Ó Crosáin
Browse
Mode:
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 441

Archival Reference

The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0375, Page 441

Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.

See copyright details.

Download

Open data

Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

  1. XML School: Knockanevin
  2. XML Page 441
  3. XML “My Home District”

Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.

On this page

  1. My Home District

    Share Share Post
    Knockanevin: My Home District
    My Home District is Knockanevin, Kilfinane, Co. Cork. It is in the parish of Kildorrery and it is in the barony of Condons and Clongibbons.
    How my home district got its name was the hill of the western side of Knockanevin was very pleasant looking.
    The number of families in the district is sixteen. The approximate number of people is seventy.
    Hennessey is the most common name in the district. These Hennesseys are not related to each other.
    There are seventeen houses in the district. Half of them are slated and the
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork
    Collector
    Christina Mc Grath
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork
    Informant
    John Mc Grath
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    65
    Occupation
    Postman
    Address
    Knockanevin, Co. Cork