School: Aghakee

Location:
Aghakee, Co. Cavan
Teacher:
Mrs Mc Govern

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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0994, Page 024

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forge. This stream comes from the mountain. The forge is beside the road so that he can do a good trade. He makes all farm implements such as ploughs and many other farm implements also.

In the townland of Denbawn there is an old mass rock where people used to hear mass in the penal times. One day the people were discovered hearing mass and the priest and clerks were killed. Paths from these different directions were made and those paths can still be pointed out. The middle one was called the "Priests Path" and the other were called the path of the congregation. Later mass was said in the houses.

The names of fields round my home are as follows. The round hill is so called because it is round. Three cornered field is so called because it is three cornered. The limekiln gets its name because there was a limekiln in it long ago. The six acre is so called because it contains six acres. The black bottom is named after Tom Black.

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Collector
Shaun Briody
Gender
male
Address
Rockfield, Co. Cavan
Informant
Mr John Mc Cabe
Gender
male
Age
86
Address
Latnadronagh, Co. Cavan
Informant
Mr Philip Lynch
Gender
male
Age
80
Address
Rockfield, Co. Cavan
Language
English