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School: Clochar na Toirbhirte, Thurles (roll number 4068)

Location:
Thurles, Co. Tipperary
Teacher:
An tSr. Aodán
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0552, Page 275

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    4. The local place-names are Butler's Field, Maher's Field, Fitzgeralds field, Walsh's Field, Hackets Field, Delahunty's Field, Breretons Field, Corcoran's Field. Here are some roads "Slieve-na-mon Road, Davis Road. it is called "slieve na-mon Road" because one day Fionn MacCumhal, held a gathering for all the women to come together, and he said he would marry the woman that would reach the winning post first.
    He picked out the woman he liked best and gave her a short way to go. When the race was finished the women he picked out won He married her. The King told them to go to his
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    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Thurles, Co. Tipperary
    Collector
    Agnes Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pearse Terrace, Co. Tipperary
    Informant
    Mrs Joyce
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Pearse Terrace, Co. Tipperary