School: Castledockrill (roll number 6598)
- Location:
- Mountfin Upper, Co. Wexford
- Teacher: Seosamh de Hál
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- 298My Home DistrictMy home district is Castledockrill. How it got its name was, there was a castle in the district long ago. There were people living in it by the name Dockrill, and that is how the district got its name.
There are thirteen families in Munfin. There are some old people in my home district. Mr Jordan in ninety nine years of age. He is a famous story teller. He could tell a story in French, English and some Irish. There are eighty two people in my home district. There is a wood in Munfin. There are seventy acres of land in it. There is a river flowing through it.
My home district is Tombrick. The meaning of Tombrick being the mound of the badgers. There are seventeen families living in Tombrick. Over seventy people altogether. There are three tatched houses in Tombrick. It is not a very boggy townsland. There are(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Stáis Ní Cinnéide
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Tombrick, Co. Wexford
