School: Hackettstown (2)
- Location:
- Hacketstown, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: Anna Seabrooke
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0909, Page 569
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- There is a corner about a mile from Hacketstown. It is called Bulley's corner, because a man named Bully Doyle lived there long ago. There is a river called Dereen near Hacketstown. It is so called because there is a small Oak wood near it. It is a tributary of the Slaney.
There is a hill a little bit above our school, it is called Anthony's hill. It is so called after a man called Anthony who lived on it.
There is a place called Kildonagh in Croneskeagh townland. It is a name given to a place where people were buried long ago.
There is a cross roads called Connoran's cross-roads. It is about two miles from Hacketstown on the Baltinglass road. It is so called because a man named Connoran lived there long ago. The house he lived in is vacant now.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Violet Seabrooke
- Gender
- Female
- Informant
- Mr R. Harris
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Tombeagh, Co. Carlow
