School: Ashfort (B.), Ráthluirc

Location:
Ashford, Co. Limerick
Teacher:
Muiris Ó Mathúna
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0493, Page 259

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  1. There are a lot of houses in my district, about fifty houses in Ballagh. The most of them are thatched, about twenty slate houses, and about four Iron houses. Cill Ide got its name from a saint that lived their long ago. Ita was her name and it was called Cill Ide which means the Church of Ita. There are only a few old people in the townland. The oldest is a woman of ninety six years named Mrs Mullane, Kantoher. My home is situated in the townland of Glenquinn in the County of Limerick. How it got its name was from Gleann a Caim the glen of the Cúmor hollow. It is said that a woman drew all the stones in her apron to the man that's making it. There are thirty four houses in the townland and about two hundred people. All the
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    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    John Hanly
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick
    Informant
    Wm Herlihy
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Ashford, Co. Limerick