School: Donore (roll number 6668)
- Location:
- Donore, Co. Meath
- Teacher: Maighréad Nic Eóin
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- Name: Tubberfinn
Townland: Tubberfinn
Parish: Donore
Barony: Lower Duleek
Number of families: Seven
Number of people: Nineteen
Oldest family name: Doggett
Family name most common: Campbell
Types of houses: Some thatched, some slated mostly of the cottage type
How the townland got its name: It is said to have got the name "Tubberfinn" from a well that is there.
Old people: Patrick Farrell (over 70). He does not know Irish but he can tell stories in English.Houses were more numerous in former times. People emigrated from this district to America.The townland is not mentioned in any song or sayings. The old parish chapel of Donore is said to have been near the point of the hill below Jones's. Patrick McConnell and his brother once found a holy water stoup in one of the fields at Tubberfinn, but it is not known what became of it.
- Collector
- Patrick Carry
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Donore, Co. Meath
