School: Killoughternane, Borris

Location:
Killoughternane, Co. Carlow
Teacher:
T. Ó Riain
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 147

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0905, Page 147

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  1. I live near the townland of Baile cilín known as Ballinkillen the Town of teh Church in Ballinkillen.
    There are several fields with Irish names.
    The Corigín which is in meaning a corner is in a field in Whelans land.
    The Moat field which is said that the soldiers had the Moat for seeing the enemy.
    The Reiligín which it is said that the Faries used this field for playing in.
    There was a tree in this field and the Faries had a ring around it,
    (continues on next page)
    Transcribed by a member of our volunteer transcription project.
    Topics
    1. place-space-environment
      1. local lore, place-lore (~10,595)
    Language
    English
    Location
    Ballinkillin, Co. Carlow
    Collector
    John Ryan
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow
    Informant
    Joseph Kavanagh
    Gender
    Male
    Address
    Corries or Corrymore, Co. Carlow