School: Ardfinnan (B.), Cahir (roll number 16077)
- Location:
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: W. J. Nugent
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- (continued from previous page)Frank Brunnick
St Joseph's Ave, Ardfinnan, Cahir, Co, Tipperary.
February 11th 1938.
I got these accounts from —
Edmond Burke (Age 64 years)
Ardfinnan, Cahir, Co Tipperary
Barony Iffa, and Offa West.
- There is a fort near Tubrid which is surrounded by large banks of clay, on top of the banks are white thorn bushes.
One day two men [struck out: "tried to"] cut down the bushes, and tried to level the banks. But that night["s" struck out] when they were going to bed they found the room in which they were sleeping covered with clay, and bushes growing there
There is a fort in Ruska. There were bushes growing around it, but they were(continues on next page) - Collector
- Frank Brunnick
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Ardfinnan, Co. Tipperary
- Informant
- James Cleary
- Gender
- Male
- Age
- 56
- Address
- Roosca (Miles), Co. Tipperary
