School: Cadamstown, Kinnitty
- Location:
- Cadamstown, Co. Offaly
- Teacher: B. Ní Chuignigh
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0820, Page 207
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Ginny’s garden:
There is a garden outside our house named Ginny’s garden. This field is called the above name on account of a man named Ginny Ling who lived in the corner of the garden. He was about forty years of age when he died. He had no friends and when he died some of the neighbours came and buried him. There is a well in the corner of the garden called Ginny’s well.Stoney’s garden:
There is a garden situated about a mile from our house. It is called stoney’s garden. A man named Tommy Stoney lived in the centre of the garden. He was a norman and he spent his time sowing flax and making linen from it. This is the reason it was called stoney’s garden.(continues on next page)
