School: Inis (B.) (roll number 15042)

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1. My Native Town (continued)

   

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   At that time Clare was called Thomond. Ennis was the principal town in it, therefore the King of Thomand had his castle down where Knox's shop is now, and the reason why they knocked the castle is because it was all built of great stone mixed with blood of bullocks. The old people say that tis the stone out of that castle that built the town and streets of Ennis.
   The Turnpike road got its name from tolls that were got long ago from people travelling into the town. They had to pay threepence at the gate. This gate was at the end of the road. Brewery Lane was so called because in olden days a woman named Mrs. Harten lived in the lane. At that time there was a great quantity of corn and barley grown around Ennis. This woman used to buy the corn and barley and that is how the lance got its name. Lysaught's Lane got its name because the Lysaught

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   History Edit

   Topics

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

   Language

   English

   Location

   Ennis, Co. Clare

   Collector

   Michael Heffernan

   Gender

   Male

   Address

   Ennis, Co. Clare

   Informant

   Patrick Heffernan

   Gender

   Male