School: Castlemacadam
- Location:
- Castlemacadam, Co. Wicklow
- Teacher: Wm. Ffell
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0925, Page 120
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- The Round O cf.p.2.3. There is a smaller ring inside the outer ring and the ground is slightly raised in the centre like [sketch].
Barn-scallaThe Danes are said to have been on these hills.Some of the fields are in ridges where once they were tilled with the spade. A field on this hill was called Barn-scalla - or skalla field.
15.5.'36 Mrs Toole. Ballymoneen or Bally-na-mona.
- Collector
- Mrs Toole
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymoneen, Co. Wicklow
- Mrs Toole's father used to tell them that one of the bloodiest battles ever fought in Ireland was fought in this field or near the gap.Mrs Toole 19-5-36
- Collector
- Mrs Toole
- Gender
- Female
- Address
- Ballymoneen, Co. Wicklow
