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School: Clondra, Longphort (roll number 13536)

Location:
Cloondara, Co. Longford
Teacher:
Pilib Ó Fearghail
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0755, Page 201

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    Caeldra: It is the name of a field and bones were scattered through the field and this man spent a day carting away the bones. In a week after the man died and the field went by the name of Caeldra since.
    The Four Brothers: It was a name given to four bushes on account of the boys being working in the field and were drowned in the Shannon and four bushes (in my field) in remembrance of them.
    The Corplers is a small spot in a field and a corpse was found there.
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    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    History Edit
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Máire Ní Ghabhachaín
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Knappoge, Co. Longford
    Informant
    Edward Gavigan
    Gender
    Male
    Age
    45
    Address
    Knappoge, Co. Longford