School: Duncormick

Location:
Duncormick, Co. Wexford
Teacher:
P. S. Ó hEachthigheirn
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0877, Page 048

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  1. My Home District.
    The names of the townlands near which I live are Seafield, and Blackstone, Duncormick, in Rathangan Parish, and in the Barony of Bargy.
    There are nine families altogether in my District, two in Seafield, and seven in Blackstone.
    Furlong is the commonest name in the District. There are eight thatched houses, and one slated house in my district There is a sea in Seafield and there is a field by the edge of the sea and then the townland was called Seafield.
    The oldest person in the townland is Edmond Furlong who is over 82 years old.
    His address is Blackstone, Duncormick, Co Wexford
    He is able to talk in Irish, and tells lots of old stories, some in Irish and more in English.
    Alice Walsh
    Saltbridge
    Duncormick.
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Collector
    Alice Walsh
    Gender
    Female
    Address
    Salt Bridge, Co. Wexford