School: Kilsaran (C.) (roll number 14208)
- Location:
- Kilsaran, Co. Louth
- Teacher: Bean Mhic Eóin
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0671, Page 07
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- (continued from previous page)It is said that the bricks of which the houses in Kilsaran are built were made there.
9. Place Names and Derivations.There is a field called the "Graws", on Mrs. Chester Walshe's farm. There was a row of cabins(?) (Cró) on this hill in olden times and it is locally believed that there is coal underneath this mount. Another field on the same farm is called "Cloca Móra. Stones were got in this field in the Stone Age in Ireland."Cathair Beag", and
"Cuairt Bhan" are also names of fields in the same locality.There is a hill on the outskirts of Castlebellingham Demense called "Cnoc Colm" and another called "Sráid Ruadh" where fairies lived."Cnoc na Móna".
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