School: Barnahask, Bunclody
- Location:
- Barnahask, Co. Carlow
- Teacher: S. Mac Aidicín
Archival Reference
The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0911, Page 071
Image and data © National Folklore Collection, UCD.
See copyright details.
DownloadOpen data
Available under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
- XML School: Barnahask, Bunclody
- XML Page 071
- XML “Barnahask”
Note: We will soon deprecate our XML Application Programming Interface and a new, comprehensive JSON API will be made available. Keep an eye on our website for further details.
On this page
- Barnahask is certainly a bleak gap but it is also situated on top of a hill at The fort of Mt Leinster - therefore it may be Bearna Sheasc, or Barr na Seac.
An interesting feature is that none of the farm houses are on the main road. There is a lane in to all of them.
Some modern houses are built on the road-side.
Sheep were reared in great numbers long ago. There are still some sheep raised on the surrounding hills. (?) is a favourite. Few people grow wheat.(continues on next page)
- Collector
- Eibhlís Bean Uí Rothwell
- Gender
- Female
