Scoil: Hackettstown (2)

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1. Local Place Names

   

   Roinn Roinn Postáil

   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.

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   Béarla

   Suíomh

   Hacketstown, Co. Carlow

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   Violet Seabrooke

   Inscne

   Baineann

   Faisnéiseoir

   Mr R. Harris

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   Fireann

   Seoladh

   Tombeagh, Co. Carlow