School: Kilmurry
- Location:
- Kilmurry, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: A. de Búrca
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0803, Page 185
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- (continued from previous page)Mary's Field; Because a woman by the name of Mary lived there.
Goat House field, American garden.
Dowlings field: People by the name of Dowlings lived there.
Morris's bán: People by the name of Morris lived in that field.
The school house park: There was an old school there.
Gundies Field:
Collected by Rosaleen Bracken (12), brackling, Kilbeggan, W.meath.
- Hills
Castle Hill, Shanragh Hill, Derryhill, The Fort hill, Gundies Hill, Clover Hill. Puckey's Hill.
(Collected by Kate Coyne (12), Derrygrogan Big, Ballycommon) - Shanragh Hill: It got it's name from an old rath that was on the hill.
Clover Hill: It got it's name because it was with clover.
Nancy Gundy's Hill: It got it's name because Nancy Gundy lived in a house at the top of the hill.
Scrub Hill: It got it's name because a scrub grew on the top of the hill.
Castle Hill: It got it's name because there was a castle built on the hill.Collected by Sheila Boland (14), Wood-of-O, Tullamore. - Collector
- Sheila Boland
- Gender
- Female
- Age
- 14
- Address
- Wood of O, Co. Offaly
