School: Shanakill, Roscrea
- Location:
- Shanakill, Co. Tipperary
- Teacher: Seán Ó Ceallaigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0547, Page 132
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Old Place Names (continued)
“We have a field called "Bee's Garden" because a man named Jack Bees had a house in that field...”
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Old Place Names
“There is a field of Tim Hooleys in Gurtnagoona, Roscrea called "The Old Town"...”
There is a field of Tim Hooleys in Gurtnagoona, Roscrea called "The Old Town". In this field in olden times it is said there was an old town. There are a lot of stones in this field.
Edward Guidra has a field called the "Oaten Field" because it was great for growing oats.
Joe Spooner has a field called the "Rape Field" because it was great for rape.
There is a field of Jim Kennedy's called the "Ash-tree Haggard" because there are a lot of ash trees growing in it.
There is a hill near our housed called the "Red Hill". Because in a war which took place in olden times there was blood shed on it. And when it rains red gravel comes up like blood.
There is a hill at the back of our house in a field of Andy Maher's called "Bell Hill" In the time of Cromwell it is said that he tumbled the "Walls of Ban" from this hill. And there was a chapel on it and there are a lot of rocks on it. - Collector
- Margaret Coonan
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Kate Malone
- Gender
- Female
Old Place Names
“There is a field in Mrs. Tracey's farm called "Battley Share"...”
There is a field in Mrs. Tracey's farm calleld "Battley Share". This field got its name from a man named Battley Kibreedy who was a travelling tailor. He used have this field by "conacre" for years. This field is in Shanakill, in the townland of Roscrea.(continues on next page) - Collector
- Neddie Maher
- Gender
- Male
- Informant
- P. Tracey
- Informant
- William Maher
- Gender
- Male