School: St. Cronan's Longford Wood, An Teampoll Mór (roll number 6662)

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1. My Home District (continued)

   

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   person living in this district - Mrs Bridget Treacy whose age is 75 years. None of the older people know Irish; but some good stories are told in English - many of them ghost stories are told by James Maher Michael Costigan and Pat Corby.
   The district never contained many more houses than at present two or three is all I could hear of.
   The land is fairly level, but there are some sharp hills. In part of a field known as the "castle park" there is a round hill which looks as if it were raised by man and on top of this hill stands a large flat stone; this is between four and five feet in height, and seems to be sunk very deep in the hill. It is said that in years gone by a great warrior was buried under this stone.
   In the district, the two most noted ruins in this parish are situated; these are the ruins of the old castle and the old church. These have been already referred to at pages 1 and 2.
   There is now wood in Clonakenny; the land is all good for tillage and grass
   The river Nore flows through the

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Corriga, Co. Tipperary

   Collector

   Joseph Maher

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Corriga, Co. Tipperary